Cocoa-associated increases in RXNO and FMD were reversed by L-NMMA. Ascorbic acid had no effect. The circulating pool of bioactive NO and endothelium-dependent vasodilation is acutely increased in smokers following the oral ingestion of a flavanol-rich cocoa drink. The increase in circulating NO ...
Studies in humans and animal models have shown that dietary interventions rich in plant polyphenols may alleviate stress or anxiety and mitigate cognitive decline.1,2,3Cocoa, green tea, blueberries and grapes contain flavanols, a subclass of plant polyphenols with pleiotropic roles in neuroprotection,...
postulated improvements in skin density and thickness, stratum corneum hydration, transepidermal water loss, and skin surface roughness after 12 weeks of flavanol-rich cocoa drink consumption in healthy women [21]. HFC and LFC consumption did not significantly change BMI and blood glucose, a ...
postulated improvements in skin density and thickness, stratum corneum hydration, transepidermal water loss, and skin surface roughness after 12 weeks of flavanol-rich cocoa drink consumption in healthy women [21]. HFC and LFC consumption did not significantly change BMI and blood glucose, a ...
Cocoa is known to be rich in theobromine, a meth- ylxanthine, and to contain much lower amounts of its structurally close relative caffeine. Our flavanol-rich cocoa drink contained about 30 mg caffeine and about 600 mg theobromine; the FRC drink contained nearly the same levels of both ...
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(3or8.5mg/kgbw)orwater.ThensubjectsreceivedaCFdrink(2.7or10.9mg/kgbw)oramicro-andmacronutrient-matchedCF-freedrink.FMDwasmeasuredat1,2,and4hthereafter.BloodandurinesampleswerecollectedandassessedforCFandnitricoxide(NO)metaboliteswithHPLCandgas-phasereductivechemiluminescence.Finally,intragastricformationofNO...
Schroeter H, Heiss C, Balzer J, Kleinbongard P, Keen CL, Hollenberg NK, Sies H, Kwik-Uribe CL, Schmitz HH, Kelm M (2006) (−)-Epicatechin mediates beneficial effects of flavanol-rich cocoa on vascular function in humans. Proc Nat Acad Sci (USA) 103:1024–1029 ...
Reinberg, Steven
2015. The effect of flavanol-rich cocoa on cerebral perfusion in healthy older adults during conscious resting state: a placebo controlled, crossover, acute trial. Psychopharmacology, 232(17): 3227-3234. doi:10.1007/ s00213-015-3972-4. PMID:26047963.Lamport DJ, Pal D, Moutsiana C, Field ...