Article ; Online: Dietary Antiplatelets: A New Perspective on the Health Benefits of the Water-Soluble Tomato Concentrate Fruitflow
2021 Volume 13, Issue 7
Abstract: Our understanding of platelet functionality has undergone a sea change in the last decade. No longer are platelets viewed simply as regulators of haemostasis; they are now acknowledged to be pivotal in coordinating the inflammatory and immune responses. ... ...
Abstract | Our understanding of platelet functionality has undergone a sea change in the last decade. No longer are platelets viewed simply as regulators of haemostasis; they are now acknowledged to be pivotal in coordinating the inflammatory and immune responses. This expanded role for platelets brings new opportunities for controlling a range of health conditions, targeting platelet activation and their interactions with other vascular cells. Antiplatelet drugs may be of wider utility than ever expected but often cause platelet suppression too strong to be used out of clinical settings. Dietary antiplatelets represent a nutritional approach that can be efficacious while safe for general use. In this review, we discuss potential new uses for dietary antiplatelets outside the field of cardiovascular health, with specific reference to the water-soluble tomato extract Fruitflow |
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MeSH term(s) | Blood Platelets/drug effects ; Diet/methods ; Humans ; Immunity/drug effects ; Inflammation ; Lycopersicon esculentum ; Plant Extracts/pharmacology ; Platelet Activation/drug effects ; Platelet Aggregation Inhibitors/pharmacology |
Chemical Substances | Plant Extracts ; Platelet Aggregation Inhibitors |
Language | English |
Publishing date | 2021-06-25 |
Publishing country | Switzerland |
Document type | Journal Article ; Review |
ZDB-ID | 2518386-2 |
ISSN | 2072-6643 ; 2072-6643 |
ISSN (online) | 2072-6643 |
ISSN | 2072-6643 |
DOI | 10.3390/nu13072184 |
Database | MEDical Literature Analysis and Retrieval System OnLINE |
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