Nutrition, Metabolism & Cardiovascular Diseases
Volume 22, Issue 2 , Pages 127-132 , February 2012

The temporal effect of a wild blueberry (Vaccinium angustifolium)-enriched diet on vasomotor tone in the Sprague-Dawley rat

  • C. Del Bo'

      Affiliations

    • Dipartimento di Scienze e Tecnologie Alimentari e Microbiologiche, Sezione di Nutrizione Umana, Università di Milano, 20133 Milan, Italy
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  • A.S. Kristo

      Affiliations

    • Department of Food Science and Human Nutrition, University of Maine, Orono, ME 04469, USA
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  • A.Z. Kalea

      Affiliations

    • Department of Nephrology, Feinberg School of Medicine, Northwestern University, Chicago, IL 60611, USA
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  • S. Ciappellano

      Affiliations

    • Dipartimento di Scienze e Tecnologie Alimentari e Microbiologiche, Sezione di Nutrizione Umana, Università di Milano, 20133 Milan, Italy
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  • P. Riso

      Affiliations

    • Dipartimento di Scienze e Tecnologie Alimentari e Microbiologiche, Sezione di Nutrizione Umana, Università di Milano, 20133 Milan, Italy
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  • M. Porrini

      Affiliations

    • Dipartimento di Scienze e Tecnologie Alimentari e Microbiologiche, Sezione di Nutrizione Umana, Università di Milano, 20133 Milan, Italy
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  • D. Klimis-Zacas

      Affiliations

    • Department of Food Science and Human Nutrition, University of Maine, Orono, ME 04469, USA
    • Corresponding Author InformationCorresponding author. Department of Food Science and Human Nutrition, Rm. 107, Hitchner Hall, University of Maine, Orono, Maine 04469, USA. Tel.: +1 207 581 3124; fax: +1 207 581 1636.

Received 15 December 2009 ,Revised 28 April 2010 ,Accepted 14 May 2010.

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doi: 10.1016/j.numecd.2010.05.004

Nutrition, Metabolism & Cardiovascular Diseases
Volume 22, Issue 2 , Pages 127-132 , February 2012

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