Deleterious effects of maternal ingestion of cocoa upon fetal ductus arteriosus in late pregnancy

Cocoa powder has twice more antioxidants than red wine and three times more than green tea. Ten prcent of its weight is made up of flavonoids. Cocoa has antioxidant and antiinflamatory effects by downregulating cyclooxigenase-2 receptors expression in the endothelium and enhancing nitric oxide bioav...

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Main Authors: Paulo eZielinsky, Felipe Villa Martignoni, Izabele eVian
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Frontiers Media S.A. 2014-12-01
Series:Frontiers in Pharmacology
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Online Access:http://journal.frontiersin.org/Journal/10.3389/fphar.2014.00281/full

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