Consumption of chokeberry (Aronia mitschurinii) products modestly lowered blood pressure and reduced low-grade inflammation in patients with mildly elevated blood pressure

Nutrition Research

Volumn 36, Issue 11, 2016, Pages 1222-1230

  Loo, Britt Marie ^a,b   Erlund, Iris ^a   Koli, Raika ^a,c   Puukka, Pauli ^a   Hellström, Jarkko ^d   Wähälä, Kristiina ^c   Mattila, Pirjo ^d   Jula, Antti ^a,e  

^a NATIONAL PUBLIC HEALTH INSTITUTE   (Finland)

^b TURKU UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Finland)

^c UNIVERSITY OF HELSINKI   (Finland)

^d FINNISH FOREST RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Finland)

^e UNIVERSITY OF TURKU   (Finland)

Author keywords

Cardiovascular diseases; Crossover studies; Cytokines; Hypertension; Polyphenols

Indexed keywords

APOLIPOPROTEIN A1; APOLIPOPROTEIN B; HIGH DENSITY LIPOPROTEIN CHOLESTEROL; INTERLEUKIN 10; INTERLEUKIN 4; INTERLEUKIN 5; POLYPHENOL DERIVATIVE; TRIACYLGLYCEROL; TUMOR NECROSIS FACTOR; CYTOKINE; PLANT MEDICINAL PRODUCT; POLYPHENOL; TRACE ELEMENT;

ADULT; AGED; ARONIA; ARONIA MITSCHURINII; ARTICLE; CHOKEBERRY JUICE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CROSSOVER PROCEDURE; DIASTOLIC BLOOD PRESSURE; ELEVATED BLOOD PRESSURE; FEMALE; FRUIT JUICE; GLUCOSE BLOOD LEVEL; HUMAN; HYPERTENSION; INFLAMMATION; MALE; PATIENT COMPLIANCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; SINGLE BLIND PROCEDURE; SYSTOLIC BLOOD PRESSURE; THROMBOCYTE AGGREGATION; URINARY EXCRETION; ANALYSIS; BLOOD; BLOOD PRESSURE; CHEMISTRY; DIET; DRUG EFFECTS; FRUIT AND VEGETABLE JUICE; METABOLISM; MIDDLE AGED; NUTRITIONAL ASSESSMENT; PHOTINIA; PHYTOTHERAPY; URINE;

ADULT; AGED; BLOOD GLUCOSE; BLOOD PRESSURE; CROSS-OVER STUDIES; CYTOKINES; DIET; FEMALE; FRUIT AND VEGETABLE JUICES; HUMANS; HYPERTENSION; INFLAMMATION; MALE; MICRONUTRIENTS; MIDDLE AGED; NUTRITION ASSESSMENT; PHOTINIA; PHYTOTHERAPY; PLANT PREPARATIONS; POLYPHENOLS; SINGLE-BLIND METHOD;

EID: 85002609837     PISSN: 02715317     EISSN: 18790739     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.nutres.2016.09.005     Document Type: Article

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