Chronic ( − )-epicatechin improves vascular oxidative and inflammatory status but not hypertension in chronic nitric oxide-deficient rats

3 Manuel Gomez-Guzman, Rosario Jimenez, Manuel Sanchez, Miguel Romero, Francisco O’Valle, 4 Rocio Lopez-Sepulveda, Ana Maria Quintela, Pilar Galindo, Maria Jose Zarzuelo, Elvira Bailon, 5 Eva Delpon, Francisco Perez-Vizcaino and Juan Duarte* 6 Department of Pharmacology, School of Pharmacy, University of Granada, 18071 Granada, Spain Q1 7 Department of Pathology, School of Medicine, Granada, Spain 8 Department of Pharmacology, School of Medicine, University Complutense of Madrid, Madrid, Spain 9 Ciber Enfermedades Respiratorias (Ciberes) and Instituto de Investigacion Sanitaria del Hospital Clinico San Carlos Q2 10 (IdISSC), Spain