Methylxanthines enhance the effects of cocoa flavanols on cardiovascular function: Randomized, double-masked controlled studies

American Journal of Clinical Nutrition

Volumn 105, Issue 2, 2017, Pages 352-360

  Sansone, Roberto ^a   Ottaviani, Javier I ^b   Rodriguez Mateos, Ana ^a,c   Heinen, Yvonne ^a   Noske, Dorina ^a   Spencer, Jeremy P ^d   Crozier, Alan ^e   Merx, Marc W ^a   Kelm, Malte ^a   Schroeter, Hagen ^b   Heiss, Christian ^a  

^a HEINRICH HEINE UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

^b MARS INC   (United States)

^c KING'S COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^d UNIVERSITY OF READING   (United Kingdom)

^e UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Absorption; Cardiovascular function; Cocoa flavanols; Interaction; Methylxanthines

Indexed keywords

BIOLOGICAL MARKER; CAFFEINE; EPICATECHIN; FLAVANOL DERIVATIVE; METHYLXANTHINE; THEOBROMINE; C REACTIVE PROTEIN; CATECHIN; FLAVONOL DERIVATIVE; POLYPHENOL; XANTHINE DERIVATIVE;

ADULT; ARTICLE; BLOOD LEVEL; BRACHIAL PULSE WAVE VELOCITY; CACAO; CARDIOVASCULAR FUNCTION; CARDIOVASCULAR PARAMETERS; CIRCULATING ANGIOGENIC CELL; CONTROLLED STUDY; CROSSOVER PROCEDURE; DIASTOLIC BLOOD PRESSURE; DOUBLE BLIND PROCEDURE; DRUG EFFICACY; FLOW MEDIATED VASODILATION; HUMAN; MALE; NORMAL HUMAN; PULSE WAVE; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; VASODILATATION; ARTERIAL STIFFNESS; BIOASSAY; BLOOD; BLOOD PRESSURE; CARDIOVASCULAR SYSTEM; CHEMISTRY; DRUG EFFECTS; METABOLISM; URINE; YOUNG ADULT;

ADULT; BIOMARKERS; BLOOD PRESSURE; C-REACTIVE PROTEIN; CACAO; CAFFEINE; CARDIOVASCULAR SYSTEM; CATECHIN; CROSS-OVER STUDIES; DOUBLE-BLIND METHOD; ENDPOINT DETERMINATION; FLAVONOLS; HUMANS; MALE; POLYPHENOLS; PULSE WAVE ANALYSIS; THEOBROMINE; VASCULAR STIFFNESS; VASODILATION; XANTHINES; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 85011636506     PISSN: 00029165     EISSN: 19383207     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3945/ajcn.116.140046     Document Type: Article

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