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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| Format: | Journal Article |
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American Society for Nutrition
2018
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| Online Access: | http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.11937/70180 |