Identification of an RNA fraction from Enterococcus faecalis FK-23 cells as the antihypertensive compound

Journal of Fermentation and Bioengineering

Volumn 82, Issue 2, 1996, Pages 109-112

  Shimada, Takashi ^a   Kadowaki, Yasuhiro ^a   Ohmiya, Kunio ^b   Yamamoto, Tetsuro ^a  

^a Nichinichi Pharmaceutical Co Ltd   (Japan)

^b MIE UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

antihypertension; Enterococcus faecalis; oral administration; RNA; spontaneously hypertensive rats; systolic blood pressure

Indexed keywords

ANTIHYPERTENSIVE AGENT;

ANIMAL MODEL; ANTIHYPERTENSIVE THERAPY; ARTICLE; ENTEROCOCCUS FAECALIS; HYPERTENSION; ION EXCHANGE CHROMATOGRAPHY; NONHUMAN; RAT; RNA ANALYSIS; RNA SEQUENCE; SPONTANEOUSLY HYPERTENSIVE RAT;

ANIMALIA; ENTEROCOCCUS FAECALIS; STREPTOCOCCUS;

EID: 0029819414     PISSN: 0922338X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/0922-338X(96)85030-6     Document Type: Article

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