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Wine constituents inhibit thrombosis but not atherogenesis in C57BL/6 apolipoprotein E-deficient mice.
The British journal of nutrition - 1 Aug 2006
Soulat Thierry, Philippe Catherine, Bal dit Sollier Claire, Brézillon Christophe, Berge Natacha, Teissedre Pierre-Louis, Callebert Jacques, Rabot Sylvie, Drouet Ludovic
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Regular and moderate wine consumption is one of the explanations suggested for the lower incidence of cardiovascular events in France compared with other industrialized countries. We evaluated whether alcohol alone or combined with red wine polyphenols reduced plaque size and/or attenuated thrombotic reactivity at the site of advanced atherosclerotic lesions. Red wine extract, or purified (+)-catechin with...
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