Antihypertensive effect of γ-aminobutyric acid-enriched Agaricus blazei on mild hypertensive human subjects

Nippon Shokuhin Kagaku Kogaku Kaishi

Volumn 50, Issue 4, 2003, Pages 167-173

  Watanabe, Toshiro ^a   Kawashita, Ayako ^b   Ishi, Satoshi ^b   Mazumder, Tapan Kumar ^b   Nagai, Shiro ^b   Tsuji, Keisuke ^a   Dan, Takeo ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HYOGO   (Japan)

^b Yaegaki Bio industry Inc   (Japan)

^c Dan Hospital   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AGARICUS; AGARICUS BLAZEI;

EID: 0038462257     PISSN: 1341027X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3136/nskkk.50.167     Document Type: Article

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