Astaxanthin-enriched-diet reduces blood pressure and improves cardiovascular parameters in spontaneously hypertensive rats

Pharmacological Research

Volumn 63, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 44-50

  Monroy Ruiz, José ^a   Sevilla, María Ángeles ^b   Carrón, Rosalía ^b   Montero, María José ^b  

^a UNIVERSIDAD IBEROAMERICANA   (Mexico)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SALAMANCA   (Spain)

Author keywords

Astaxanthin; Cardiovascular remodeling; Hypertension; Oxidative stress; Vascular function

Indexed keywords

ASTAXANTHIN; LUCIGENIN; SUPEROXIDE;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ANTIOXIDANT ACTIVITY; ARTERY RESISTANCE; ARTICLE; BLOOD PRESSURE MONITORING; BLOOD PRESSURE REGULATION; CARDIOVASCULAR FUNCTION; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIETARY INTAKE; DOSE RESPONSE; DRUG DOSE COMPARISON; DRUG EFFICACY; HEART LEFT VENTRICLE HYPERTROPHY; HEART MUSCLE FIBER MEMBRANE CONDUCTANCE; HEART WEIGHT; HYPERTENSION; KIDNEY BLOOD VESSEL; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; SYSTOLIC BLOOD PRESSURE; TISSUE STRUCTURE; TREATMENT DURATION;

ANIMALS; ANTIHYPERTENSIVE AGENTS; AORTA; BLOOD PRESSURE; DIET; DISEASE MODELS, ANIMAL; DOSE-RESPONSE RELATIONSHIP, DRUG; ENDOTHELIUM, VASCULAR; HYPERTENSION; HYPERTROPHY, LEFT VENTRICULAR; MALE; NADPH OXIDASE; NITRIC OXIDE; OXIDATIVE STRESS; RATS; RATS, INBRED SHR; RENAL ARTERY; SUPEROXIDES; TIME FACTORS; VASCULAR RESISTANCE; VASODILATION; VASODILATOR AGENTS; XANTHOPHYLLS;

EID: 79151476722     PISSN: 10436618     EISSN: 10961186     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.phrs.2010.09.003     Document Type: Article

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