Dietary alpha-linolenic acid inhibits angiotensin-converting enzyme activity and mrna expression levels in the aorta of spontaneously hypertensive rats

Journal of Oleo Science

Volumn 58, Issue 7, 2009, Pages 355-360

  Ogawa, Akiko ^a   Suzuki, Yo ^a   Aoyama, Toshiaki ^a   Takeuchi, Hiroyuki ^a  

^a The Nisshin OilliO Group   (Japan)

Author keywords

Alpha linolenic acid; Angiotensin converting enzyme; Aorta; Hypertension; Spontaneously hypertensive rats

Indexed keywords

EID: 67649817977     PISSN: 13458957     EISSN: 13473352     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5650/jos.58.355     Document Type: Article

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