This study also showed for the first time that a high dose (600 mg) is significantly better at improving endothelial function compared to standard doses.
The hope is that such intervention might not only improve endothelial function but also reduce clinical symptoms of overt cardiovascular disease.
Berberine seems to improve the arterial endothelial function in humans.
Improving vascular endothelial function has been reported in few experiments using niacin.
In an experiment on type 2 diabetes, nicotinic acid improved endothelial function comparing with control.
New third-generation β-blockers and 5-phosphodiesterase inhibitors may affect endothelial function.
This immunomodulatory effects of statins may explain why some patients improve their endothelial function with those drugs.
Coffee consumption is also associated with improved endothelial function.
Magnesium has an indirect antithrombotic effect upon platelets and endothelial function.
But it did raise the measure of their endothelial function by about 25 percent.