Treatment of hypertension with oral taurine: Experimental and clinical studies

Amino Acids

Volumn 23, Issue 4, 2002, Pages 381-393

  Militante, J D ^a   Lombardini, John Barry ^a,b  

^a TEXAS TECH UNIVERSITY HEALTH SCIENCES CENTER SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b TEXAS TECH UNIVERSITY HEALTH SCIENCES CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Experimental models; Hypertension; Modulation of overactive sympathetic system; Taurine supplementation

Indexed keywords

4 AMINOBUTYRIC ACID; ALANINE; DEOXYCORTICOSTERONE ACETATE; ENALAPRIL; GLYCINE; SERINE; TAURINE;

ADRENERGIC SYSTEM; BLOOD PRESSURE REGULATION; CENTRAL NERVOUS SYSTEM; CLINICAL TRIAL; DIET SUPPLEMENTATION; DOSE RESPONSE; DRUG BLOOD LEVEL; DRUG EFFECT; DRUG EFFICACY; DRUG EXCRETION; DRUG MECHANISM; ESSENTIAL HYPERTENSION; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; HYPERINSULINEMIA; HYPERTENSION; HYPOTENSION; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN BLOOD LEVEL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; RENOVASCULAR HYPERTENSION; REVIEW; SALT INTAKE; SYMPTOM; SYSTOLIC BLOOD PRESSURE; TISSUE DISTRIBUTION; TREATMENT OUTCOME; ANIMAL; BLOOD PRESSURE; DISEASE MODEL; METABOLISM; ORAL DRUG ADMINISTRATION; PHYSIOLOGY; RAT; RAT STRAIN;

ADMINISTRATION, ORAL; ANIMALS; BLOOD PRESSURE; CENTRAL NERVOUS SYSTEM; DISEASE MODELS, ANIMAL; HUMANS; HYPERTENSION; RATS; RATS, INBRED STRAINS; TAURINE;

EID: 0036453947     PISSN: 09394451     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00726-002-0212-0     Document Type: Review

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