Potential Implications of Dose and Diet for the Effects of Cocoa Flavanols on Cardiometabolic Function

Journal of Agricultural and Food Chemistry

Volumn 63, Issue 45, 2015, Pages 9942-9947

  Davison, Kade ^a   Howe, Peter R C ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH AUSTRALIA   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NEWCASTLE   (Australia)

Author keywords

blood pressure; cocoa; dark chocolate; dose response; metabolic syndrome; vascular endothelium

Indexed keywords

BLOOD PRESSURE; FLAVONOIDS; METABOLISM;

DARK CHOCOLATE; DOSE RESPONSE; DOSE-RESPONSE CURVES; ENDOTHELIAL FUNCTION; INSULIN SENSITIVITY; METABOLIC SYNDROMES; SYSTOLIC BLOOD PRESSURE; VASCULAR ENDOTHELIUM;

COCOA;

FLAVONOL DERIVATIVE;

ANIMAL; BLOOD PRESSURE; CACAO; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASE; CHEMISTRY; DIET THERAPY; HUMAN; METABOLISM; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY;

ANIMALS; BLOOD PRESSURE; CACAO; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASES; FLAVONOLS; HUMANS;

EID: 84952861153     PISSN: 00218561     EISSN: 15205118     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/acs.jafc.5b01492     Document Type: Article

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