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AFRICAN RESEARCH NEXUS
SHINING A SPOTLIGHT ON AFRICAN RESEARCH
biochemistry, genetics and molecular biology
Daily prickly pear consumption improves platelet function
Prostaglandins Leukotrienes and Essential Fatty Acids, Volume 69, No. 1, Year 2003
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Prickly pear is traditionally used by Pima Indians as a dietary nutrient against diabetes mellitus. We examined the effect of daily consumption of 250 g in 8 healthy volunteers and 8 patients with mild familial heterozygous hypercholesterolemia on various parameters of platelet function. Beside its action on lipids and lipoproteins, prickly pear consumption significantly reduced the platelet proteins (platelet factor 4 and β-thromboglobulin), ADP-induced platelet aggregation and improved platelet sensitivity (against PGI2 and PGE1) in volunteers as well as in patients. Also plasma 11-DH-TXB2 and the WU-test showed a significant improvement in both patients and volunteers. In contrast, collagen-induced platelet aggregation and the number of circulating endothelial cells showed a significant response in patients only. No influence of prickly pear ingestion on peripheral platelet count was monitored. The dietary run-in period did not influence any of the parameters of haemostasis examined. No sex difference was seen. Prickly pear may induce at least part of its beneficial actions on the cardiovascular system via decreasing platelet activity and thereby improving haemostatic balance. © 2003 Elsevier Science Ltd. All rights reserved.
Authors & Co-Authors
Wolfram, Roswitha
Austria, Vienna
Medizinische Universität Wien
Budinsky, A.
Austria, Vienna
Medizinische Universität Wien
Efthimiou, Yannis
Unknown Affiliation
Stomatopoulos, J.
Unknown Affiliation
Oguogho, Anthony
Austria, Vienna
Medizinische Universität Wien
Nigeria, Ekpoma
Ambrose Alli University
Sinzinger, Helmut F.
Austria, Vienna
Medizinische Universität Wien
Austria, Vienna
Wilhelm Auerswald Atherosclerosis Research Group
Statistics
Citations: 46
Authors: 6
Affiliations: 3
Identifiers
Doi:
10.1016/S0952-3278(03)00057-7
ISSN:
09523278
Research Areas
Genetics And Genomics
Noncommunicable Diseases