Cocoa polyphenols and inflammatory mediators
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Cocoa polyphenols and inflammatory mediators.
Cocoa products are sources of flavan-3-ols, which have attracted interest regarding cardiovascular health. This review provides a survey of our research on the effects of cocoa polyphenols on leukotriene and nitric oxide (NO) metabolism and on myeloperoxidase-induced modification of LDL. Because intake of flavonoid-rich chocolate by human subjects was reported to decrease the plasma concentrati...
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عنوان ژورنال: The American Journal of Clinical Nutrition
سال: 2005
ISSN: 0002-9165,1938-3207
DOI: 10.1093/ajcn/81.1.304s