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- Title
Watermelon extract supplementation reduces ankle blood pressure and carotid augmentation index in obese adults with prehypertension or hypertension.
- Authors
Figueroa, Arturo; Sanchez-Gonzalez, Marcos A; Wong, Alexei; Arjmandi, Bahram H
- Abstract
Ankle-brachial index (ABI) and ankle blood pressure (BP) are associated with increased carotid wave reflection (augmentation index, AIx). Oral L-citrulline and L-arginine from synthetic or watermelon sources have reduced brachial BP, aortic BP, and aortic AIx. A directly measured carotid AIx (cAIx) rather than aortic AIx has been proposed as a better measurement of central AIx. We evaluated the effects of watermelon extract on ankle BP and cAIx in individuals with normal ABI and prehypertension or stage 1 hypertension.
- Publication
American journal of hypertension, 2012, Vol 25, Issue 6, p640
- ISSN
1941-7225
- Publication type
Journal Article
- DOI
10.1038/ajh.2012.20