Nitrate, the oral microbiome, and cardiovascular health: A systematic literature review of human and animal studies

Background: Dietary nitrate is an important source of nitric oxide (NO), a molecule critical for cardiovascular health. Nitrate is sequentially reduced to NO through an enterosalivary nitrate-nitrite-NO pathway that involves the oral microbiome. This pathway is considered an important adjunct pathwa...

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Main Authors: Blekkenhorst, L., Bondonno, N., Liu, A., Ward, Natalie, Prince, R., Lewis, J., Devine, A., Croft, K., Hodgson, J., Bondonno, C.
Format: Journal Article
Published: American Society for Nutrition 2018
Online Access:http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.11937/70180