Effects of dietary γ-linolenic acid on blood pressure and adrenal angiotensin receptors in hypertensive rats

Proceedings of the Society for Experimental Biology and Medicine

Volumn 218, Issue 3, 1998, Pages 234-237

  Engler, Marguerite M ^a   Schambelan, Morris ^a   Engler, Mary B ^a   Ball, Dennis L ^b   Goodfriend, Theodore L ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN MADISON   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALDOSTERONE; ANGIOTENSIN RECEPTOR; CORTICOSTERONE; GAMMA LINOLENIC ACID; RENIN;

ALDOSTERONE BLOOD LEVEL; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ARTICLE; BLOOD PRESSURE REGULATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORTICOSTERONE BLOOD LEVEL; DIETARY INTAKE; FAT INTAKE; HYPERTENSION; MALE; NONHUMAN; PLASMA RENIN ACTIVITY; RAT; RENIN ANGIOTENSIN ALDOSTERONE SYSTEM; SPONTANEOUSLY HYPERTENSIVE RAT; SYSTOLIC BLOOD PRESSURE;

ADRENAL GLANDS; ALDOSTERONE; ANGIOTENSIN II; ANIMALS; BLOOD PRESSURE; CORTICOSTERONE; DIETARY FATS, UNSATURATED; GAMMA-LINOLENIC ACID; HYPERTENSION; MALE; RATS; RATS, INBRED SHR; RECEPTORS, ANGIOTENSIN; RENIN;

ANIMALIA; BORAGINACEAE; SESAMUM INDICUM;

EID: 0031813844     PISSN: 00379727     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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