Changes in catecholamine metabolism by ascorbic acid deficiency in spontaneously hypertensive rats unable to synthesize ascorbic acid

Life Sciences

Volumn 72, Issue 15, 2003, Pages 1717-1732

  Kawai, Kaori ^a   Ito, Hiroyuki ^b   Kubota, Hiroko ^a   Takemori, Kumiko ^b   Makino, Susumu ^c   Horio, Fumihiko ^a  

^a NAGOYA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b KINKI UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Japan)

^c SHIONOGI AND CO LTD   (Japan)

Author keywords

Ascorbic acid; Catecholamine; Hypertension

Indexed keywords

ADRENALIN; ASCORBIC ACID; CATECHOLAMINE; DOPAMINE BETA MONOOXYGENASE; NORADRENALIN;

ADRENAL GLAND; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; ASCORBIC ACID DEFICIENCY; BLOOD PRESSURE; BLOOD PRESSURE REGULATION; BRAIN; CATECHOLAMINE BLOOD LEVEL; CATECHOLAMINE METABOLISM; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIET SUPPLEMENTATION; ESSENTIAL HYPERTENSION; MALE; NONHUMAN; RAT; SYNTHESIS; SYSTOLIC BLOOD PRESSURE; URINARY EXCRETION;

EID: 0037469913     PISSN: 00243205     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0024-3205(02)02481-5     Document Type: Article

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