The liquorice effect on the RAAS differs between the genders

Blood Pressure

Volumn 15, Issue 3, 2006, Pages 169-172

  Sigurjonsdottir, Helga A ^a   Axelson, Magnus ^b   Johannsson, Gudmundur ^a   Manhem, Karin ^a   Nyström, Ernst ^a   Wallerstedt, Sven ^a  

^a SAHLGRENSKA UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Sweden)

^b KAROLINSKA UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Sweden)

Author keywords

11 hydroxysteroid dehydrogenase; Gender; Glycyrrhetinic acid; Liquorice; RAAS; Renin angiotensin aldosterone system

Indexed keywords

11BETA HYDROXYSTEROID DEHYDROGENASE; 11BETA HYDROXYSTEROID DEHYDROGENASE 2; ALDOSTERONE; ANGIOTENSIN II; BETA ADRENERGIC RECEPTOR BLOCKING AGENT; CALCIUM ANTAGONIST; DIPEPTIDYL CARBOXYPEPTIDASE; GLYCYRRHETINIC ACID; GLYCYRRHIZA EXTRACT; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; ALDOSTERONE ANTAGONIST;

ADULT; ALDOSTERONE BLOOD LEVEL; ALDOSTERONE RELEASE; ANGIOTENSIN BLOOD LEVEL; ARTICLE; BLOOD PRESSURE MONITORING; BLOOD PRESSURE REGULATION; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; DIETARY INTAKE; ENZYME ACTIVITY; ENZYME BLOOD LEVEL; ENZYME INHIBITION; ESSENTIAL HYPERTENSION; FEMALE; GLYCYRRHIZA; HUMAN; MALE; PLASMA RENIN ACTIVITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIOENZYMATIC ASSAY; RADIOIMMUNOASSAY; RENIN ANGIOTENSIN ALDOSTERONE SYSTEM; SEX DIFFERENCE; BLOOD; BLOOD PRESSURE; CASE CONTROL STUDY; DRUG EFFECT; HYPERTENSION;

ADULT; ALDOSTERONE; ALDOSTERONE ANTAGONISTS; BLOOD PRESSURE; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; FEMALE; GLYCYRRHIZA; HUMANS; HYPERTENSION; MALE; RENIN-ANGIOTENSIN SYSTEM; SEX FACTORS;

EID: 33749067418     PISSN: 08037051     EISSN: 16511999     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/08037050600593060     Document Type: Article

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