title: Dietary components and human platelet activity.
abstract: Platelet hyperactivity is one of the most important factors responsible for the incidence of cardiovascular disease. There are many nutritive and non-nutritive compounds present in the diet which may affect platelet function in various ways. Recent discovery of anti-platelet factors in plants, vegetables and fruits provides a new dietary means for a long-term strategy to favorably modify human blood platelet activity. This review summarises the effects of these dietary components on human platelet function both in vitro and in vivo.
authors.affiliation: Institute for Nutrition Research, University of Oslo, Oslo, Norway. a.k.dutta-roy@basalmed.uio.no
authors.forename: Asim K
authors.initials: AK
authors.lastname: Dutta-Roy
mesh_terms: D002318:Cardiovascular Diseases / Q000517:prevention & control; D004032:Diet; D005638:Fruit / Q000737:chemistry; D006801:Humans; D010946:Plants, Medicinal / Q000737:chemistry; D015539:Platelet Activation / Q000187:drug effects*; D010975:Platelet Aggregation Inhibitors / Q000737:chemistry / Q000494:pharmacology* / Q000627:therapeutic use; D014675:Vegetables / Q000737:chemistry
chemical_list: D010975:Platelet Aggregation Inhibitors