Effects of long-term losartan and L-arginine treatment on haemodynamics, glomerular filtration, and SOD activity in spontaneously hypertensive rats

Canadian Journal of Physiology and Pharmacology

Volumn 86, Issue 4, 2008, Pages 210-214

  Miloradović, Zoran ^a   Jovović, Durdica ^a   Mihailović Stanojević, Nevena ^a   Milanović, Jelica Grujić ^a   Milanovic, Sladan ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BELGRADE   (Serbia)

Author keywords

Glomerular filtration; Haemodynamics; L arginine; Losartan; SHR; SOD activity

Indexed keywords

ARGININE; LOSARTAN; MICROTUBULE ASSOCIATED PROTEIN; NITRIC OXIDE; SUPEROXIDE DISMUTASE; UREA;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANTIHYPERTENSIVE ACTIVITY; BLOOD FLOW; CONFERENCE PAPER; CONTROLLED STUDY; DRUG BLOOD LEVEL; DRUG EFFECT; DRUG MECHANISM; ENZYME ACTIVITY; ESSENTIAL HYPERTENSION; GLOMERULUS FILTRATION; HEMODYNAMICS; LONG TERM CARE; MALE; MEAN ARTERIAL PRESSURE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; VASCULAR RESISTANCE;

ANGIOTENSIN II TYPE 1 RECEPTOR BLOCKERS; ANIMALS; ANTIHYPERTENSIVE AGENTS; AORTA, ABDOMINAL; ARGININE; BLOOD PRESSURE; CAROTID ARTERIES; DISEASE MODELS, ANIMAL; DRUG THERAPY, COMBINATION; GLOMERULAR FILTRATION RATE; HEMODYNAMICS; HYPERTENSION; KIDNEY; LOSARTAN; MALE; NITRIC OXIDE DONORS; RATS; RATS, INBRED SHR; REGIONAL BLOOD FLOW; RENAL ARTERY; RENAL CIRCULATION; SUPEROXIDE DISMUTASE; TIME FACTORS; UREA; VASCULAR RESISTANCE;

EID: 42149133085     PISSN: 00084212     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1139/Y08-022     Document Type: Conference Paper

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