Liquorice and hypertension

Netherlands Journal of Medicine

Volumn 63, Issue 4, 2005, Pages 119-120

  van Uum, Stan H ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN ONTARIO   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

11BETA HYDROXYSTEROID DEHYDROGENASE; CORTISONE; DEXAMETHASONE; GLYCYRRHETINIC ACID; GLYCYRRHIZA EXTRACT; GLYCYRRHIZIC ACID; HYDROCORTISONE; ISOENZYME; MINERALOCORTICOID RECEPTOR; POTASSIUM; SPIRONOLACTONE; STEROID;

ALDOSTERONE RELEASE; APPARENT MINERALOCORTICOID EXCESS SYNDROME; DOSE RESPONSE; DRUG POTENTIATION; DRUG SENSITIVITY; DRUG WITHDRAWAL; EDITORIAL; ENZYME ACTIVITY; ENZYME INHIBITION; GENE MUTATION; GLYCYRRHIZA GLABRA; HORMONE BINDING; HUMAN; HYPERTENSION; HYPOKALEMIA; PARALYSIS; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PLANT ROOT; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; PROTEIN FUNCTION; RHABDOMYOLYSIS; SYSTOLIC BLOOD PRESSURE;

11-BETA-HYDROXYSTEROID DEHYDROGENASES; CANDY; GLYCYRRHETINIC ACID; GLYCYRRHIZA; HUMANS; HYPERTENSION; HYPOKALEMIA; RECEPTORS, MINERALOCORTICOID;

EID: 17644368174     PISSN: 03002977     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Editorial

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