Objetivos. Los flavonoides ejercen efectos beneficiosos en la prevención de las
enfermedades cardiovasculares. En esta revisión trataremos de clarificar algunas preguntas …

… F. Pérez-Vizcaíno is supported by a grant from Comunidad Autónoma de Madrid. We wish
to thank Juan de Dios Luna for the statistical analysis (Dept of Biostatistics, University of …

Results In SHR, quercetin reduced the increase in blood pressure and heart rate and
enhanced the endothelium-dependent aortic vasodilation induced by acetylcholine, but had no …

The effects of quercetin were studied on contractile responses induced by noradrenaline,
high KCl, Ca 2+ and phorbol 12-myristate, 13-acetate in rat aortic strips and on spontaneous …

Flavanol-rich diets have been reported to exert beneficial effects in preventing cardiovascular
diseases, such as hypertension. We studied the effects of chronic treatment with …

Objectives The present study analysed, for the first time, the effects of the flavonoid quercetin
in rats after chronic inhibition of nitric oxide (NO) synthesis with N ω-nitro-l-arginine methyl …

Vascular aging is characterized by up-regulation of NADPH oxidase, oxidative stress and
endothelial dysfunction. Previous studies demonstrate that the activity of the evolutionarily …

Chronic administration of the most abundant dietary flavonoid quercetin exerts antihypertensive
effects and improves endothelial function. We have investigated the effects of quercetin …

Scope The objective of this study is to determine the cardiovascular effects of the probiotics
Bifidobacterium breve CECT7263 (BFM) and Lactobacillus fermentum CECT5716 (LC40), …

Purpose of Review The present review focuses in the hypertension-associated changes in
the microbiota and the current insights regarding the impact of probiotics on blood pressure in …