Nutrition, Metabolism & Cardiovascular Diseases
Volume 19, Issue 7 , Pages 491-497 , September 2009

Polyphenol-containing azuki bean (Vigna angularis) extract attenuates blood pressure elevation and modulates nitric oxide synthase and caveolin-1 expressions in rats with hypertension

Received 24 March 2008 ,Revised 26 July 2008 ,Accepted 15 September 2008.

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PII: S0939-4753(08)00191-9

doi: 10.1016/j.numecd.2008.09.007

Nutrition, Metabolism & Cardiovascular Diseases
Volume 19, Issue 7 , Pages 491-497 , September 2009

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