A 'green' diet-based approach to cardiovascular health? Is inorganic nitrate the answer?

Molecular Nutrition and Food Research

Volumn 60, Issue 1, 2016, Pages 185-202

  Rathod, Krishnaraj Sinhji ^a   Velmurugan, Shanti ^a   Ahluwalia, Amrita ^a  

^a QUEEN MARY UNIVERSITY OF LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Blood pressure; Cardiovascular; Endothelium; Nitrate; Nitric oxide

Indexed keywords

NITRIC ACID DERIVATIVE; NITRIC OXIDE; NITRITE;

ARTERIAL STIFFNESS; BLOOD PRESSURE; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASES; CARDIOVASCULAR SYSTEM; CHEMISTRY; FRUIT; HUMAN; METABOLISM; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL (TOPIC); VEGETABLE; VEGETARIAN DIET;

BLOOD PRESSURE; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASES; CARDIOVASCULAR SYSTEM; DIET, VEGETARIAN; FRUIT; HUMANS; NITRATES; NITRIC OXIDE; NITRITES; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIALS AS TOPIC; VASCULAR STIFFNESS; VEGETABLES;

EID: 84952980312     PISSN: 16134125     EISSN: 16134133     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/mnfr.201500313     Document Type: Review

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