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Dietary nitrite and nitrate: a review of potential mechanisms of cardiovascular benefits

  
  
  
  
  

Dietary nitrite and nitrate: a review of potential mechanisms of cardiovascular benefits


European Journal of Nutrition, 06/08/2011  Clinical Article

Machha A et al. – Dietary nitrite and nitrate may have cardiovascular protective effects in both healthy individuals and also those with cardiovascular disease conditions. A role for nitrite and nitrate in nitric oxide biosynthesis and/or in improving nitric oxide bioavailability may eventually provide a rationale for using dietary nitrite and nitrate supplementation in the treatment and prevention of cardiovascular diseases.

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