Flavonoids: Antioxidants against atherosclerosis

Nutrients

Volumn 2, Issue 8, 2010, Pages 890-902

  Grassi, Davide ^a   Desideri, Giovambattista ^a   Ferri, Claudio ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF L'AQUILA   (Italy)

Author keywords

Antioxidants; Atherosclerosis; Endothelial dysfunction; Flavonoids; Oxidative stress

Indexed keywords

ANTIOXIDANT; CYCLOOXYGENASE 2; ENDOTHELIAL NITRIC OXIDE SYNTHASE; EPICATECHIN; EPIGALLOCATECHIN GALLATE; FLAVONOID; MELATONIN; NITRIC OXIDE; NITRIC OXIDE SYNTHASE; POLYPHENOL DERIVATIVE; PYCNOGENOL; REACTIVE NITROGEN SPECIES; REACTIVE OXYGEN METABOLITE; REDUCED NICOTINAMIDE ADENINE DINUCLEOTIDE DEHYDROGENASE; REDUCED NICOTINAMIDE ADENINE DINUCLEOTIDE PHOSPHATE OXIDASE; POLYPHENOL;

ANTIINFLAMMATORY ACTIVITY; ANTIOXIDANT ACTIVITY; ATHEROSCLEROSIS; BLOOD PRESSURE REGULATION; CACAO; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASE; CARDIOVASCULAR RISK; CORONARY ARTERY DISEASE; DIET SUPPLEMENTATION; ENDOTHELIAL DYSFUNCTION; HEALTH FOOD; HUMAN; HYPERTENSION; INSULIN RESISTANCE; LIPID OXIDATION; NONHUMAN; OXIDATIVE STRESS; REVIEW; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; TEA; VASCULAR ENDOTHELIUM; DRUG EFFECT; FOOD; METABOLISM;

ANTIOXIDANTS; ATHEROSCLEROSIS; ENDOTHELIUM, VASCULAR; FLAVONOIDS; FOOD; HUMANS; NITRIC OXIDE; OXIDATIVE STRESS; POLYPHENOLS; REACTIVE OXYGEN SPECIES;

EID: 85044098443     PISSN: None     EISSN: 20726643     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3390/nu2080889     Document Type: Review

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