Alteration of the systemic and microcirculation by a single oral dose of flavan-3-ols.

Several systematic reviews have reported that flow mediated dilatation (FMD) was significantly increased in subjects after ingestion of chocolate that contains flavan-3-ols; however, the mechanisms responsible for this effect are not clear. In this study, we evaluated the effects of a single oral do...

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Main Authors: Kodai Ingawa, Nozomi Aruga, Yusuke Matsumura, Masahiro Shibata, Naomi Osakabe
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2014-01-01
Series:PLoS ONE
Online Access:http://europepmc.org/articles/PMC3989254?pdf=render