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Twelve-week nitrate-rich beetroot extract supplementation improves lower limb vascular function and serum angiogenic potential in postmenopausal women

Year: 2025

Type: article

Abstract: Postmenopausal women exhibit impaired lower limb vascular function and reduced angiogenic capacity, increasing cardiovascular risk. This study demonstrates that 12 wk of nitrate-rich beetroot extract supplementation enhances femoral artery endothelial function, skeletal muscle microvascular reactivity, and serum angiogenic potential, offering a promising dietary strategy to improve vascular health in this population.

Source: American Journal of Physiology-Heart and Circulatory Physiology

DOI: 10.1152/ajpheart.00592.2025

Authors: Thiago Silveira Alvares, Vivian Pinheiro, David N. Proctor, Carlos Adam Conte Junior, Rogerio Nogueira Soares

Institutions: Universidade Federal do Rio de Janeiro, Pennsylvania State University, Wayne State University

Language: English

Topic: Nitric Oxide and Endothelin Effects

Subfield: Physiology

Field: Medicine

Domain: Health Sciences

SDG: Good health and well-being

Open Access status: hybrid

Funders: Conselho Nacional de Desenvolvimento Científico e Tecnológico, Fundação Carlos Chagas Filho de Amparo à Pesquisa do Estado do Rio de Janeiro