Cocoa Flavanols: A Magic Potion for Protecting the Endothelium in Kidney Failure?

Carmine Zoccali; Francesca Mallamaci

doi:10.2215/CJN.12141115

Cocoa Flavanols: A Magic Potion for Protecting the Endothelium in Kidney Failure?

Clin J Am Soc Nephrol. 2016 Jan 7;11(1):9-11. doi: 10.2215/CJN.12141115. Epub 2015 Dec 17.

Authors

Carmine Zoccali¹, Francesca Mallamaci²

Affiliations

¹ National Research Council of Italy, Institute of Clinical Physiology, Clinical Epidemiology and Physiopathology of Renal Disease and Hypertension, Ospedali Riuniti Reggio Calabria, Italy; and carmine.zoccali@tin.it.
² National Research Council of Italy, Institute of Clinical Physiology, Clinical Epidemiology and Physiopathology of Renal Disease and Hypertension, Ospedali Riuniti Reggio Calabria, Italy; and Nephrology, Hypertension and Renal Transplantation Unit, Ospedali Riuniti, Reggio Calabria, Italy.

No abstract available

Keywords: ESRD; cacao; cardiovascular risk; endothelial dysfunction; endothelium; flavanols; flavonoids; flow mediated vasodilatation; polyphenols; renal insufficiency.

Publication types

Editorial
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MeSH terms

Beverages
Cacao*
Endothelium, Vascular*
Humans
Renal Insufficiency