Polyphenol-based nutraceuticals for the prevention and treatment of cardiovascular disease: Review of human evidence

Phytomedicine

Volumn 23, Issue 11, 2016, Pages 1145-1174

  Tomé Carneiro, Joao ^a   Visioli, Francesco ^a,b  

^a IMDEA FOOD INSTITUTE   (Spain)

^b UNIVERSITY OF PADUA MEDICAL SCHOOL   (Italy)

Author keywords

Cardiovascular disease; Functional foods; Nutraceuticals; Polyphenols; Randomized controlled trials

Indexed keywords

NUTRACEUTICAL; POLYPHENOL;

APPLE; ARTERIAL STIFFNESS; ARTICLE; BERRY; CACAO; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASE; COFFEE; DISEASE MARKER; DYSLIPIDEMIA; ENDOTHELIAL DYSFUNCTION; FUNCTIONAL FOOD; GRAPE; HUMAN; HYPERTENSION; INFLAMMATION; INTESTINE FLORA; OLIVE; OXIDATION REDUCTION REACTION; POMEGRANATE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL (TOPIC); SOY FOOD; TEA; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASES; DIETARY SUPPLEMENT; DRUG EFFECTS; HERB DRUG INTERACTION;

CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASES; DIETARY SUPPLEMENTS; FUNCTIONAL FOOD; GASTROINTESTINAL MICROBIOME; HERB-DRUG INTERACTIONS; HUMANS; INFLAMMATION; POLYPHENOLS; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIALS AS TOPIC;

EID: 84952928413     PISSN: 09447113     EISSN: 1618095X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.phymed.2015.10.018     Document Type: Article

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