Curcumin supplementation improves vascular endothelial function in healthy middle-aged and older adults by increasing nitric oxide bioavailability and reducing oxidative stress

Aging

Volumn 9, Issue 1, 2017, Pages 187-208

  Santos Parker, Jessica R ^a   Strahler, Talia R ^a   Bassett, Candace J ^a   Bispham, Nina Z ^a   Chonchol, Michel B ^b   Seals, Douglas R ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF COLORADO   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF COLORADO   (United States)

Author keywords

Aging; Arterial stiffness; Curcumin; Endothelium dependent dilation; Inflammation; Oxidative stress

Indexed keywords

ACETYLCHOLINE; CURCUMIN; NITRIC OXIDE; VASODILATOR AGENT;

AGED; BLOOD FLOW; BRACHIAL ARTERY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DRUG EFFECTS; FEMALE; FOREARM; HUMAN; MALE; METABOLISM; MIDDLE AGED; OXIDATIVE STRESS; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; VASCULAR ENDOTHELIUM; VASCULARIZATION;

ACETYLCHOLINE; AGED; BRACHIAL ARTERY; CURCUMIN; ENDOTHELIUM, VASCULAR; FEMALE; FOREARM; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NITRIC OXIDE; OXIDATIVE STRESS; REGIONAL BLOOD FLOW; VASODILATOR AGENTS;

EID: 85013480801     PISSN: 19454589     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.18632/aging.101149     Document Type: Article

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