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  • Open Access
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Effects of Aqueous Extract of Lycopersicum esculentum L. var. “Camone” Tomato on Blood Pressure, Behavior and Brain Susceptibility to Oxidative Stress in Spontaneously Hypertensive Rats

  • Maria Frosini,
  • Paola Marcolongo,
  • Alessandra Gamberucci,
  • Gabriella Tamasi,
  • Alessio Pardini,
  • Roberta Giunti,
  • Paolo Fiorenzani,
  • Anna Maria Aloisi,
  • Claudio Rossi and
  • Federica Pessina

Behavioral disorders affect millions of people worldwide. Hypertension contributes to both the development and progression of brain damage and cognitive dysfunction and could represent the most powerful modifiable risk factor for cerebral vessel dysf...

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  • Open Access
15 Citations
4,904 Views
17 Pages

Chemical Characterisation and Antihypertensive Effects of Locular Gel and Serum of Lycopersicum esculentum L. var. “Camone” Tomato in Spontaneously Hypertensive Rats

  • Paola Marcolongo,
  • Alessandra Gamberucci,
  • Gabriella Tamasi,
  • Alessio Pardini,
  • Claudia Bonechi,
  • Claudio Rossi,
  • Roberta Giunti,
  • Virginia Barone,
  • Annalisa Borghini and
  • Paolo Fiorenzani
  • + 3 authors

18 August 2020

Blood pressure control in hypertensive subjects calls for changes in lifestyle, especially diet. Tomato is widely consumed and rich in healthy components (i.e., carotenoids, vitamins and polyphenols). The aim of this study was to evaluate the chemica...