Effects of L-arginine oral supplements in pregnant spontaneously hypertensive rats

Acta Cirurgica Brasileira

Volumn 21, Issue 4, 2006, Pages 192-196

  De Moura, José Ricardo Sousa Ayres ^a,c   Sass, Nelson ^a   Guimarães, Sérgio Botelho ^b   De Vasconcelos, Paulo Roberto Leitão ^b   Mattar, Rosiane ^a   Kulay Jr , Luis ^a  

^a FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF SÃO PAULO   (Brazil)

^b FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF CEARÁ   (Brazil)

^c Federal University of Ceará ^*  (Brazil)

Author keywords

Animals, Outbred Strains; Arginine; Pregnancy, Animal; Rats

Indexed keywords

ARGININE; DRINKING WATER; METHYLDOPA;

ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BLOOD PRESSURE; BODY WEIGHT; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DRUG EFFECT; FEMALE; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HYPERTENSION; MALE; NONHUMAN; PLETHYSMOGRAPHY; PREGNANCY; RAT; RAT STRAIN; SPERM; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE; VAGINA SMEAR; WEIGHT GAIN; BLOOD PRESSURE MONITORING; FEEDING; MEAN ARTERIAL PRESSURE; VITAMIN SUPPLEMENTATION;

ADMINISTRATION, ORAL; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ANIMALS; ANTIHYPERTENSIVE AGENTS; ARGININE; BLOOD PRESSURE; DISEASE MODELS, ANIMAL; DRINKING; FEMALE; HUMANS; HYPERTENSION; MALE; METHYLDOPA; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY COMPLICATIONS, CARDIOVASCULAR; RANDOM ALLOCATION; RATS; RATS, INBRED SHR;

EID: 33746921316     PISSN: 01028650     EISSN: 16782674     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1590/S0102-86502006000400001     Document Type: Article

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