Effect of γ-aminobutyric acid-enriched tempeh-like fermented soybean (gaba-tempeh) on the blood pressure of spontaneously hypertensive rats

Bioscience, Biotechnology and Biochemistry

Volumn 67, Issue 8, 2003, Pages 1806-1808

  Aoki, Hideyuki ^a   Furuya, Yuji ^a   Endo, Yasushi ^b   Fujimoto, Kenshiro ^b  

^a Ikeda Tohka Industries Company Limited   (Japan)

^b TOHOKU UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Fermented soybean; G aminobutyric acid; GABA; SHR; Tempeh

Indexed keywords

ANIMALIA; GLYCINE MAX;

4 AMINOBUTYRIC ACID; ANTIHYPERTENSIVE AGENT;

ANIMAL; ANIMAL FOOD; ARTICLE; BLOOD PRESSURE; CHEMISTRY; COMPARATIVE STUDY; DIET SUPPLEMENTATION; DRUG EFFECT; FERMENTATION; MALE; METABOLISM; RAT; SOYBEAN; SPONTANEOUSLY HYPERTENSIVE RAT; TIME;

ANIMAL FEED; ANIMALS; ANTIHYPERTENSIVE AGENTS; BLOOD PRESSURE; FERMENTATION; FOOD, FORTIFIED; GAMMA-AMINOBUTYRIC ACID; MALE; RATS; RATS, INBRED SHR; SOY FOODS; SOYBEANS; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 2442457012     PISSN: 09168451     EISSN: 13476947     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1271/bbb.67.1806     Document Type: Article

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