Beet

Name	AC	CK
Athletic Performance	25	223
Hypertension	23	152
Endothelial Dysfunction	6	52
Athletic Performance: Recovery	4	51
Cardiovascular Diseases	5	43
Oxidative Stress	16	40
Inflammation	9	38
Fatigue: Excercise-Induced	5	32
Muscle Damage: Exercise-Induced	3	31
Heart Failure	3	30
Muscle Soreness: Exercise-Induced	3	30
Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease	2	20
Obesity	6	18
Diabetes Mellitus: Type 2	4	14
Chemically-Induced Liver Damage	6	12
Atherosclerosis	2	11
Aging	1	10
Anxiety	1	10
Asthma	1	10
Athletic Performance: Strength	1	10
Common Cold	1	10
Depression	1	10
Diabetes: Cognitive Dysfunction	1	10
Dysmenorrhea	1	10
Endothelial Damage	1	10
Exercise-Induced Tissue Damage	1	10
HIV Infections	1	10
Hypercholesterolemia	1	10
Myocardial Infarction	1	10
Postmenopausal Disorders	1	10
Raynaud Disease	1	10
Respiratory Infections	1	10
Sitting Sickness	1	10
Breast Cancer	5	6
High Fat Diet	3	6
Pesticide Toxicity	3	6
Cancers: All	4	4
Kidney Damage: Chemically-Induced	2	4
Testicular Injury: Chemical/Metal Induced	2	4
Colorectal Cancer	3	3
DNA damage	2	3
Gingivitis	1	3
Hyperlipidemia	2	3
Leukemia: Chronic Lymphocytic Leukemia (CLL)	1	3
Prostate Cancer	3	3
Salmonella Infections	3	3
Amnesia	1	2
Benzo[a]pyrene-induced Toxicity	1	2
Chemotherapy and Radiation Toxicity	1	2
Chemotherapy-Induced Toxicity: Gentamicin	1	2
Colitis	1	2
Colon Cancer	2	2
Constipation	1	2
H1N1 Infection	1	2
Hepatic Steatosis	1	2
Hyperglycemia	1	2
Hypertension: Pulmonary	1	2
Infertility: Female	1	2
Influenza A	1	2
Insulin Resistance	1	2
Iron Overload	1	2
Lead Poisoning	1	2
Lipid Peroxidation	1	2
Liver Cancer	2	2
Liver Damage	1	2
Lung Cancer	1	2
Metabolic Syndrome X	2	2
Neuropathic Pain	1	2
Parkinson's Disease	1	2
Radiation Induced Illness	1	2
Ulcerative Colitis	1	2
Wound Healing	1	2
Alzheimer's Disease	1	1
Brain: Oxidative Stress	1	1
Cancer: Fatigue	1	1
Cancers: Drug Resistant	1	1
Cervical Cancer	1	1
Chemotherapy-Induced Toxicity: Doxorubicin	1	1
Chronic Disease	1	1
Cognitive Decline/Dysfunction	1	1
Dysbiosis	1	1
Ehrlich carcinoma	1	1
Endotoxemia	1	1
Enterococcus Infections	1	1
Epstein-Barr Virus Infections	1	1
Gastric Cancer	1	1
Klebsiella Infections	1	1
Nonalcoholic fatty liver disease (NAFLD)	1	1
Pancreatic Cancer	1	1
Proteus Vulgaris Infections	1	1
Pseudomonas aeruginosa	1	1
Staphylococcal Infections	1	1
Staphylococcus aureus infection	1	1
Staphylococcus epidermidis	1	1
Cholesterol: High	1	0

Name	AC	CK
Antihypertensive Agents	24	181
Antioxidants	37	90
Anti-Inflammatory Agents	23	81
Cardioprotective	5	32
Vasoprotective	3	30
Neuroprotective Agents	7	20
Vasodilator Agents	2	20
Hypoglycemic Agents	7	19
Hepatoprotective	9	18
Hypolipidemic	5	15
Gastrointestinal Agents	3	13
Chemopreventive	7	11
Prophylactic Agents	2	11
Anti-Anxiety Agents	1	10
Antidepressive Agents	1	10
Antiproliferative	10	10
Apoptotic	9	10
Anti-Apoptotic	4	7
Anticarcinogenic Agents	3	4
Radioprotective	2	4
Renoprotective	2	4
Angiogenesis Inhibitors	2	3
Anti-Bacterial Agents	3	3
Chemoprotective Agents	2	3
Chemosensitizer	2	3
Chemotherapeutic	1	3
Analgesics	1	2
Caspase-3 Activation	1	2
Caspase-7 Activation	1	2
Caspase-9 Activation	1	2
Cholinesterase Inhibitors	1	2
Fertility Agents: Female	1	2
Gastroprotective	1	2
Immunomodulatory	1	2
Insulin Sensitizers	1	2
Interleukin-1 beta downregulation	1	2
NF-kappaB Inhibitor	1	2
Nrf2 activation	1	2
Tumor Necrosis Factor (TNF) Alpha Inhibitor	1	2
Viral Hemagglutinin Inhibitor	1	2
Antineoplastic Agents	1	1
Bcl-2 protein down-regulation	1	1
Cardiovascular Agents	1	1
Cyclin D1 Down-Regulation	1	1
Cyclooxygenase 2 Inhibitors	1	1
Cytotoxic	1	1
Enzyme Activators	1	1
Hypoxia inducible factor-1 alpha (HIF-1α) inhibitor	1	1
STAT3 Inhibitor	1	1
Tumor Suppressor Protein p53 Upregulation	1	1
Vascular Endothelial Growth Factor A Inhibitor	1	1

Acute effects of beetroot juice vs. creatine supplementation on maximal strength, autonomic regulation, and muscle oxygenation during incremental resistance exercise.Sep 30, 2025

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Pubmed Data : Biol Sport. 2025 Oct ;42(4):241-259. Epub 2025 Jun 6. PMID: 41048226

Article Published Date : Sep 30, 2025

Study Type : Human Study

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Substances : Beet, Creatine

Diseases : Athletic Performance

Therapeutic Actions : Exercise: Resistance Training

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Acute ingestion of dietary nitrate increases muscle blood flow via local vasodilation during handgrip exercise in young adults.Dec 31, 2017

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Pubmed Data : Physiol Rep. 2018 Jan ;6(2). PMID: 29380952

Article Published Date : Dec 31, 2017

Study Type : Human Study

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Substances : Beet

Therapeutic Actions : Exercise

Pharmacological Actions : Vasodilator Agents

Additional Keywords : Dietary Nitrate Consumption

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Pubmed Data : J Am Coll Nutr. 2020 Mar 3:1-9. Epub 2020 Mar 3. PMID: 32125249

Article Published Date : Mar 02, 2020

Study Type : Human Study

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Substances : Beet

Diseases : Muscle Soreness: Exercise-Induced

Therapeutic Actions : Exercise

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Combined effects of citrulline plus nitrate-rich beetroot extract co-supplementation on maximal and endurance-strength and aerobic power.Dec 22, 2021

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Pubmed Data : Nutrients. 2021 Dec 23 ;14(1). Epub 2021 Dec 23. PMID: 35010917

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Pubmed Data : Mol Nutr Food Res. 2025 Oct ;69(20):e70156. Epub 2025 Jun 16. PMID: 40522148

Article Published Date : Sep 30, 2025

Study Type : Human Study

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Substances : Beet

Pharmacological Actions : Gastrointestinal Agents

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Increasing nitrate-rich vegetable intake lowers ambulatory blood pressure in pre-hypertensive middle-aged and older adults.Jun 02, 2021

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Pubmed Data : J Nutr. 2020 Jul 30. Epub 2020 Jul 30. PMID: 32729923

Article Published Date : Jul 29, 2020

Study Type : Human Study

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Substances : Beet

Diseases : Hypertension

Pharmacological Actions : Antihypertensive Agents

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Nitrate-rich vegetables increase plasma nitrate and nitrite concentrations and lower blood pressure in healthy adults.Apr 30, 2016

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Pubmed Data : Res Sports Med. 2022 Jun 21:1-13. Epub 2022 Jun 21. PMID: 35726852

Article Published Date : Jun 20, 2022

Study Type : Human Study

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Substances : Beet

Diseases : Athletic Performance

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The study concluded that Beta vulgaris juice found to be effective non-pharmacological measures to reduce dysmenorrheal.Dec 31, 2021

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Pubmed Data : Bioinformation. 2022 ;18(7):657-660. Epub 2022 Jul 31. PMID: 37313053

Article Published Date : Dec 31, 2021

Study Type : Human Study

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Substances : Beet

Diseases : Dysmenorrhea

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Pubmed Data : Pharm Biol. 2017 Dec ;55(1):306-319. PMID: 27927068

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Pubmed Data : Physiol Rep. 2025 Sep ;13(17):e70467. PMID: 40923672

Article Published Date : Aug 31, 2025

Study Type : Animal Study

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Substances : Beet

Diseases : Constipation, Oxidative Stress

Pharmacological Actions : Anti-Inflammatory Agents, Antioxidants, Gastrointestinal Agents

Additional Keywords : Plant Extracts

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Beetroot methanolic extract prevents hepatic steatosis and liver damage in T2DM.Dec 08, 2021

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Pubmed Data : Int J Nanomedicine. 2020 ;15:3471-3482. Epub 2020 May 15. PMID: 32547008

Article Published Date : Dec 31, 2019

Study Type : Animal Study

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Substances : Beet

Diseases : Chemically-Induced Liver Damage

Pharmacological Actions : Hepatoprotective

Problem Substances : Silver

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Betanin significantly inhibits lung tumorigenesis in A/J mice and induces apoptosis in lung cancer cells. Aug 31, 2013

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Pubmed Data : Mol Carcinog. 2013 Sep ;52(9):686-91. Epub 2012 Mar 27. PMID: 22456940

Article Published Date : Aug 31, 2013

Study Type : Animal Study

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Substances : Beet, Betaine

Diseases : Benzo[a]pyrene-induced Toxicity , Lung Cancer

Pharmacological Actions : Angiogenesis Inhibitors, Anticarcinogenic Agents, Apoptotic, Caspase-3 Activation, Caspase-7 Activation , Caspase-9 Activation, Chemopreventive

Additional Keywords : Beet, Benzo(a)pyrene, Betaine, lung cancer, Vinyl Carbamate

Problem Substances : Benzo(a)pyrene, Vinyl Carbamate

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Counteracted severity action of Beta vulgaris juice on dextran sulfate sodium-induced ulcerative colitis.Sep 30, 2025

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Pubmed Data : J Med Food. 2025 Oct ;28(10):1009-1024. Epub 2025 Aug 19. PMID: 40831389

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Pubmed Data : Antioxidants (Basel). 2022 Feb 25 ;11(3). Epub 2022 Feb 25. PMID: 35326107

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Pubmed Data : Evid Based Complement Alternat Med. 2019 ;2019:3595761. Epub 2019 Nov 22. PMID: 31885644

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Pubmed Data : Phytother Res. 2015 Oct 14. Epub 2015 Oct 14. PMID: 26463240

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Pubmed Data : Phytother Res. 2021 Sep 8. Epub 2021 Sep 8. PMID: 34494317

Article Published Date : Sep 07, 2021

Study Type : In Vitro Study

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Substances : Beet

Diseases : Cervical Cancer

Pharmacological Actions : Antiproliferative , Cyclin D1 Down-Regulation

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Anticancer properties of red beetroot hydro-alcoholic extract and its main constituent; betanin on colorectal cancer cell lines.Jul 17, 2023

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Pubmed Data : Phytother Res. 2020 Jan 27. Epub 2020 Jan 27. PMID: 31989717

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Beetroot supplementation may enhance post-exercise autonomic recovery in postmenopausal women.Sep 30, 2025

Inorganic nitrate consumption represents a simple strategy for targeting cardiovascular disease risk factors.Apr 30, 2018

The effect of nitrate-rich beetroot juice on markers of exercise-induced muscle damage.Jun 20, 2021

These results demonstrate the blood pressure-lowering effects of beetroot juice.Oct 31, 2017

Acute beetroot juice supplementation attenuates morning-associated decrements in supramaximal exercise performance in trained sprinters.Jan 06, 2021

Acute beetroot juice supplementation enhances judo-specific performance, explosive power, and muscular strength in recreational adolescent judokas.Dec 31, 2024

Acute beetroot juice supplementation improves exercise tolerance and cycling efficiency in adults with obesity.Jan 09, 2020

Acute beetroot juice supplementation increased plasma nitrite concentrations and reduced diastolic blood pressure to a greater degree in older adults.Jul 21, 2019

Acute effects of beetroot juice supplements on lower-body strength in female athletes.May 20, 2022

Acute effects of beetroot juice vs. creatine supplementation on maximal strength, autonomic regulation, and muscle oxygenation during incremental resistance exercise.Sep 30, 2025

Acute ingestion of dietary nitrate increases muscle blood flow via local vasodilation during handgrip exercise in young adults.Dec 31, 2017

Acute supplementation of beetroot juice improved muscular endurance performance in resistance training.Jun 27, 2020

Acute supplementation with beetroot juice improves endothelial function in HIV-infected individuals.Aug 30, 2020

Beet supplementation mitigates post-exercise inflammation.Dec 31, 2023

Beetroot extract acutely improves heart rate variability recovery following strength exercise.May 28, 2020

Beetroot juice during periods of psychological stress protects against cold symptoms.Mar 31, 2019

Beetroot juice has beneficial effects on runner’s oxygen intake.Feb 11, 2019

Beetroot juice improves peripheral blood flow, endothelial function and anti-inflammatory status in individuals with Raynaud's phenomenon.Jul 24, 2019

Beetroot juice produces changes in heart rate variability and reduces internal load during resistance training in men.Dec 01, 2022

Beetroot juice supplementation is more effective than sodium nitrate for attenuating muscle pain associated with exercise-induced muscle damage.Jul 17, 2017

Beetroot juice supplementation may be effective for performance improvement during aerobic exercise.Jul 29, 2018

Beetroot juice supplementation positively impacts velocity, power, and total repetitions during free-weight bench press exercise.Jan 05, 2020

Beetroot supplementation improves the physiological responses to incline walking.May 31, 2018

Beetroot's high nitrate content is responsible for its vasoprotective effectsMar 01, 2008

Betalain-rich concentrate supplementation improves exercise performance and recovery in competitive triathletes.Jan 31, 2017

Betalains alleviate exercise-induced oxidative stress, inflammation, and fatigue and improve sports performance.Oct 11, 2023

Changes in oxidative stress, inflammation, and muscle damage markers following diet and beetroot juice supplementation in elite fencers. Jun 30, 2020

Chronic beetroot juice supplementation accelerates recovery kinetics following simulated match play in soccer players.Mar 02, 2020

Combined effects of citrulline plus nitrate-rich beetroot extract co-supplementation on maximal and endurance-strength and aerobic power.Dec 22, 2021

Consumption of nitrate rich whole beetroot improves running performance in healthy adults.Mar 31, 2012

Dietary nitrate supplementation appears to be a well-tolerated and effective strategy to augment the benefits of pulmonary rehabilitation in COPD.Jun 30, 2020

Dietary nitrate supplementation enhances short but not longer duration running time-trial performance.Mar 31, 2017

Dietary nitrate supplementation opposes the elevated diaphragm blood flow in chronic heart failure during submaximal exercise.Dec 31, 2017

Dietary nitrate supplementation suppresses sympathetic neural responses to mechanoreflex activation during static handgrip exercise in postmenopausal women.Sep 30, 2025

Dietary nitrate supplementation to enhance exercise capacity in hypoxic COPD.Sep 30, 2022

Dietary nitrate supplementation via beetroot juice enhances muscle contractile efficiency during knee-extensor exercise in humans.May 13, 2010

Dietary nitrate through beetjuice root reduces the 02 cost of low-intensity exercise and enhances tolerance to high-intensity exercise in humans.Oct 01, 2009

Dietary supplementation with beetroot juice speeds up oxygen uptake kinetics and enhances exercise tolerance during severe intensity exercise.Dec 14, 2013

Effect of beetroot juice supplementation on 10-km performance in recreational runners.Jul 08, 2018

Effect of dietary nitrate supplementation on thermoregulatory and cardiovascular responses to submaximal cycling in the heat.Feb 28, 2018

Effect of high intensity interval training with beetroot juice supplementation on serotonin and dopamine receptors expression, anxiety and depression.Dec 31, 2021

Effects of acute beetroot juice intake on performance, maximal oxygen uptake, and ventilatory efficiency in well-trained master rowers.Nov 30, 2024

Effects of beetroot juice intake on repeated performance of competitive swimmers.Dec 31, 2021

Eight weeks of nitrate-rich beetroot extract supplementation on fasting nitrate and nitrite levels and skeletal muscle contractile properties in postmenopausal women.Sep 30, 2025

Fifteen days of nitrate-rich beetroot juice supplementation produced substantial improvements in the time to exhaustion in elite runners.Dec 31, 2017

Grapefruit juice enhances the systolic blood pressure-lowering effects of dietary nitrate-containing beetroot juice. Jun 09, 2020

Increased nitrate intake from beetroot juice over 4 weeks changes the composition of the oral, but not the intestinal microbiome.Sep 30, 2025

Increasing nitrate-rich vegetable intake lowers ambulatory blood pressure in pre-hypertensive middle-aged and older adults.Jun 02, 2021

Influence of chronic nitrate-rich beetroot juice supplementation on the endurance performance of active winter triathletes.Feb 14, 2022

Influence of dietary nitrate food forms on nitrate metabolism and blood pressure in healthy normotensive adults.Jan 29, 2018

Medium-term beetroot juice ingestion potentially improves systolic and diastolic blood pressure and large-vessel endothelial function.Aug 01, 2019

Nitrate-rich beetroot juice reduces blood pressure in Tanzanian adults with elevated blood pressure.Jul 29, 2020

Nitrate-rich vegetables increase plasma nitrate and nitrite concentrations and lower blood pressure in healthy adults.Apr 30, 2016

One week of daily beetroot juice significantly improves submaximal aerobic endurance and blood pressure in elderly HFpEF patients.Feb 01, 2016

Prior beetroot juice ingestion offsets endothelial dysfunction following prolonged sitting.Jun 01, 2022

Raw beetroot juice had antihypertensive effects as well as improvements in endothelial function and systemic inflammation.Jun 08, 2016

Raw red beetroot consumption for 8 weeks in T2DM patients has beneficial impacts on cognitive function, glucose metabolism and other metabolic markers.May 31, 2021

Short-term beetroot juice supplementation improves muscle speed.Aug 31, 2023

Sustained dietary nitrate ingestion improves vascular function in hypercholesterolemic patients.Nov 24, 2015

Synergistic effects of blood flow restriction training and beetroot juice supplementation on knee extensor strength and fatigue resistance in college athletes.Sep 30, 2025

The acute ingestion of nitrate-rich beetroot juice by hypertensive patients resulted in an improvement of endothelial function.Dec 31, 2022

The effect of dietary inorganic nitrate supplementation on cardiac function during submaximal exercise in men with heart failure.Jul 16, 2020

The effect of dietary nitrate supplementation on the spatial heterogeneity of quadriceps deoxygenation during heavy-intensity cycling.Jun 30, 2017

The effect of microencapsulated watermelon rind and beetroot ingestion on ischemia/reperfusion-induced endothelial dysfunction.Aug 28, 2023

The soccer athletes may use beetroot juice supplements along with soccer exercises to improve aerobic and anaerobic power and field performance.Jun 20, 2022

The study concluded that Beta vulgaris juice found to be effective non-pharmacological measures to reduce dysmenorrheal.Dec 31, 2021

These findings highlight the potential of NO3- as a non-pharmacological strategy for improving cardiovascular autonomic recovery in high-risk populations.Dec 09, 2025

These findings indicate that while beetroot juice supplementation improved performance at the 30-s cycling sprint.Sep 03, 2018

These results show that 6 months' intervention with dietary nitrate influences vascular remodelling.May 12, 2021

This is the first evidence of durable BP reduction with dietary nitrate supplementation with beetroot juice in hypertensive patients.Jan 31, 2015

Twelve-week nitrate-rich beetroot extract supplementation improves lower limb vascular function and serum angiogenic potential in postmenopausal women.Oct 31, 2025

Understanding the effects of beetroot juice intake on CrossFit performance by assessing hormonal, metabolic and mechanical response.Nov 12, 2020

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