Effects of Oral Lycopene Supplementation on Vascular Function in Patients with Cardiovascular Disease and Healthy Volunteers: A Randomised Controlled Trial

Parag R. Gajendragadkar; Annette Hubsch; Kaisa M. Mäki-Petäjä; Martin Serg; Ian B. Wilkinson; Joseph Cheriyan

doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0099070

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Effects of Oral Lycopene Supplementation on Vascular Function in Patients with Cardiovascular Disease and Healthy Volunteers: A Randomised Controlled Trial

Parag R. Gajendragadkar,

Affiliation Clinical Pharmacology Unit, University of Cambridge, Cambridge, United Kingdom
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Annette Hubsch,

Affiliation Clinical Pharmacology Unit, University of Cambridge, Cambridge, United Kingdom
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Kaisa M. Mäki-Petäjä,

Affiliation Clinical Pharmacology Unit, University of Cambridge, Cambridge, United Kingdom
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Martin Serg,

Affiliations Clinical Pharmacology Unit, University of Cambridge, Cambridge, United Kingdom, Department of Cardiology, University of Tartu, Tartu, Estonia
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Ian B. Wilkinson,

Affiliations Clinical Pharmacology Unit, University of Cambridge, Cambridge, United Kingdom, Cambridge Clinical Trials Unit, Cambridge University Hospitals National Health Service Foundation Trust, Cambridge, United Kingdom
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Joseph Cheriyan

* E-mail: jc403@cam.ac.uk

Affiliations Clinical Pharmacology Unit, University of Cambridge, Cambridge, United Kingdom, Cambridge Clinical Trials Unit, Cambridge University Hospitals National Health Service Foundation Trust, Cambridge, United Kingdom, Cambridge University Hospitals National Health Service Foundation Trust, Cambridge, United Kingdom
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Effects of Oral Lycopene Supplementation on Vascular Function in Patients with Cardiovascular Disease and Healthy Volunteers: A Randomised Controlled Trial

Parag R. Gajendragadkar,
Annette Hubsch,
Kaisa M. Mäki-Petäjä,
Martin Serg,
Ian B. Wilkinson,
Joseph Cheriyan

Published: June 9, 2014
https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0099070

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Minor Correction from Authors

Posted by gajendragadkar on 13 Jun 2014 at 14:15 GMT

The legend to Figure 3 - Changes in Forearm Blood Flow should read, "...in response to acetylcholine (ACh; graphs A and D); sodium nitroprusside (SNP; graphs B and E)..."

- Parag Gajendragadkar on behalf of the authors of the paper.

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Effects of Oral Lycopene Supplementation on Vascular Function in Patients with Cardiovascular Disease and Healthy Volunteers: A Randomised Controlled Trial

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