Cocoa Polyphenols and Cardiovascular Health

Stephen Crozier; W. Jeffrey Hurst

doi:10.1016/B978-0-12-398456-2.00083-9

Cocoa Polyphenols and Cardiovascular Health

Stephen Crozier, W. Jeffrey Hurst

Penn State College of Medicine

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Abstract

Cocoa is derived from the seeds of the fruit of the Theobroma cacao tree and has a complex chemical composition. A number of compounds found in cocoa have documented physiological effects. In particular, a significant body of literature supports the role of cocoa polyphenols in maintaining cardiovascular health. Future studies on cocoa should be aimed at elucidating the mechanisms whereby cocoa polyphenols modulate cardiovascular function and at identifying individual polyphenolic compounds within cocoa that are efficacious.

Original language	English (US)
Title of host publication	Polyphenols in the Prevention and Treatment of Vascular and Cardiac Disease, and Cancer
Publisher	Elsevier Inc.
Pages	1077-1085
Number of pages	9
Volume	2
ISBN (Print)	9780123984562
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1016/B978-0-12-398456-2.00083-9
State	Published - Nov 2013

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Dentistry(all)
Medicine(all)

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