Feeding blueberry diets inhibits angiotensin ii-converting enzyme (ACE) activity in spontaneously hypertensive stroke-prone rats

Canadian Journal of Physiology and Pharmacology

Volumn 89, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 67-71

  Wiseman, Waylon ^a   Egan, Jennifer M ^a   Slemmer, Jennifer E ^a   Shaughnessy, Kevin S ^a   Ballem, Katherine ^a   Gottschall Pass, Katherine T ^a   Sweeney, Marva I ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PRINCE EDWARD ISLAND   (Canada)

Author keywords

ACE inhibitors; Angiotensin converting enzyme; Cardiovascular disease; Flavonoids; Hypertension; Lowbush (wild) blueberries

Indexed keywords

DIPEPTIDYL CARBOXYPEPTIDASE;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ANTIHYPERTENSIVE ACTIVITY; AORTA; ARTICLE; BLOOD SAMPLING; BLUEBERRY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIET; ENZYME ACTIVITY; ENZYME BLOOD LEVEL; ENZYME INHIBITION; HYPERTENSION; KIDNEY; LUNG; MALE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; STROKE PRONE SPONTANEOUSLY HYPERTENSIVE RAT; TESTIS;

ANGIOTENSIN-CONVERTING ENZYME INHIBITORS; ANIMALS; ANTIHYPERTENSIVE AGENTS; BLUEBERRY PLANT; DIET; GENETIC PREDISPOSITION TO DISEASE; MALE; PEPTIDYL-DIPEPTIDASE A; RANDOM ALLOCATION; RATS; RATS, INBRED SHR; RATS, INBRED WKY; STROKE;

EID: 78650576524     PISSN: 00084212     EISSN: 12057541     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1139/Y10-101     Document Type: Article

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