Blood pressure-depressing activity of a peptide derived from silkworm fibroin in spontaneously hypertensive rats

Bioscience, Biotechnology and Biochemistry

Volumn 70, Issue 2, 2006, Pages 517-520

  Igarashi, Kiharu ^a   Yoshioka, Kosuke ^a   Mizutani, Kenji ^b   Miyakoshi, Masazumi ^b   Murakami, Toshiyuki ^b   Akizawa, Toshifumi ^c  

^a YAMAGATA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b Maruzen Pharmaceuticals Co   (Japan)

^c SETSUNAN UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Angiotensin I converting enzyme; Blood pressure; Fibroin; Peptide; Spontaneously hypertensive rat (SHR)

Indexed keywords

BLOOD; ENZYME INHIBITION; HYDROLYSIS; LIQUID CHROMATOGRAPHY; MASS SPECTROMETRY; PROTEINS;

ANGIOTENSIN I-CONVERTING ENZYMES; BLOOD PRESSURE; FIBROIN; PEPTIDE; SPONTANEOUSLY HYPERTENSIVE RAT (SHR);

NITROGEN COMPOUNDS;

FIBROIN; FIBROIN, SILKWORM; PEPTIDE FRAGMENT;

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; BLOOD PRESSURE; DRUG EFFECT; HIGH PERFORMANCE LIQUID CHROMATOGRAPHY; RAT; SPONTANEOUSLY HYPERTENSIVE RAT;

ANIMALS; BLOOD PRESSURE; CHROMATOGRAPHY, HIGH PRESSURE LIQUID; FIBROINS; PEPTIDE FRAGMENTS; RATS; RATS, INBRED SHR;

BOMBYX MORI;

EID: 33344474324     PISSN: 09168451     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1271/bbb.70.517     Document Type: Article

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