Blood pressure-lowering properties of chokeberry (Aronia mitchurinii, var. Viking)

Blood pressure-lowering properties of chokeberry (Aronia mitchurinii, var. Viking)

The blood pressure-lowering properties of lyophilized chokeberry juice and polyphenols were monitored using in vitro angiotensin-converting enzyme (ACE) inhibition measurement and a 10 day in vivo study with spontaneously hypertensive rats (SHR). Juice and polyphenols indicated weak ACE-inhibitory a...

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Main Authors: Jarkko K. Hellström, Alexander N. Shikov, Marina N. Makarova, Anne M. Pihlanto, Olga N. Pozharitskaya, Eeva-Liisa Ryhänen, Pirjo Kivijärvi, Valery G. Makarov, Pirjo H. Mattila
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Elsevier 2010-04-01
Series:Journal of Functional Foods
Subjects:
Aronia mitchurinii
Chokeberry
Blood pressure
Antihypertensive
Polyphenols
Online Access:http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S1756464610000253

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