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Effects of cocoa powder and dark chocolate on LDL oxidative susceptibility and prostaglandin concentrations in humans
Ying Wan,Joe A. Vinson,Terry D. Etherton,John Proch,Sheryl A. Lazarus,Penny M. Kris-Etherton +5 more
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Cocoa powder and dark chocolate may favorably affect cardiovascular disease risk status by modestly reducing LDL oxidation susceptibility, increasing serum total antioxidant capacity and HDL-cholesterol concentrations, and not adversely affecting prostaglandins.About:
This article is published in The American Journal of Clinical Nutrition.The article was published on 2001-11-01. It has received 342 citations till now. The article focuses on the topics: Dark chocolate & Oxygen radical absorbance capacity.read more
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Physicochemical and Antimicrobial Properties of Cocoa Pod Husk Pectin Intended as a Versatile Pharmaceutical Excipient and Nutraceutical.
Ofosua Adi-Dako,Ofosua Adi-Dako,Kwabena Ofori-Kwakye,Samuel Frimpong Manso,Mariam El Boakye-Gyasi,Clement Sasu,Mike Pobee +6 more
TL;DR: Pectin showed dose-dependent moderate activity against gram positive and gram negative microorganisms but weak activity against Listeria spp.
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Chemical composition of cupuassu (Theobroma grandiflorum) and cocoa (Theobroma cacao) liquors and their effects on streptozotocin-induced diabetic rats
TL;DR: In this paper, the authors compared the chemical composition and in vitro antioxidant capacity of cupuassu and cocoa liquors, and evaluated the effect of the daily intake of both beverages on oxidative stress and lipid profile in streptozotocin-induced diabetic rats.
Cocoa Intake, Blood Pressure, and Cardiovascular Mortality
TL;DR: In a cohort of elderly men, cocoa intake is inversely associated with blood pressure and 15-year cardiovascular and all-cause mortality.
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Functional foods for the prevention and treatment of cardiovascular diseases: cholesterol and beyond.
Iwona Rudkowska,Peter B. Jones +1 more
TL;DR: Overall, these functional foods should be considered as an addition to current lipid-lowering recommendations for improving CVD risk, and may provide supplementary health benefits, such as endothelial cell function, as well as decreasing total cholesterol and low-density lipoprotein cholesterol (LDL-C).
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Effect of dark chocolate on plasma epicatechin levels, DNA resistance to oxidative stress and total antioxidant activity in healthy subjects.
TL;DR: Dark chocolate may transiently improve DNA resistance to oxidative stress, probably for flavonoid kinetics, and white chocolate did not affect any variable.
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Polyphenolic Flavanols as Scavengers of Aqueous Phase Radicals and as Chain-Breaking Antioxidants
N. Salah,Nicholas J. Miller,George Paganga,Lilian B. M. Tijburg,G.P. Bolwell,Catherine Rice-Evans +5 more
TL;DR: Against propagating lipid peroxyl radical species, epicatechin and catechin are as effective as ECG and EGCG, the least efficacious being EGC and GA.