Astaxanthin lowers blood pressure and lessens the activity of the renin-angiotensin system in Zucker Fatty Rats

Journal of Functional Foods

Volumn 1, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 13-22

  Preuss, Harry G ^a   Echard, Bobby ^a   Bagchi, Debasis ^b   Perricone, Nicholas V ^c   Yamashita, Eiji ^d  

^a GEORGETOWN UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF HOUSTON   (United States)

^c MICHIGAN STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d FUJI CHEMICAL INDUSTRIES LTD   (Japan)

Author keywords

Angiotensin 2; Astaxanthin; Blood pressure; Captopril; Metabolism; Renin angiotensin

Indexed keywords

RATTUS;

EID: 67651174335     PISSN: 17564646     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jff.2008.09.001     Document Type: Article

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