The effect of taurine on chronic heart failure: Actions of taurine against catecholamine and angiotensin II

Amino Acids

Volumn 46, Issue 1, 2014, Pages 111-119

  Ito, Takashi ^a   Schaffer, Stephen ^b   Azuma, Junichi ^a  

^a HYOGO COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (Japan)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH ALABAMA COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Angiotensin II; Catecholamine; Chronic heart failure; Taurine

Indexed keywords

ANGIOTENSIN II; ANIMALS; CATECHOLAMINES; CHRONIC DISEASE; HEART FAILURE; HUMANS; RENIN-ANGIOTENSIN SYSTEM; TAURINE;

EID: 84893228667     PISSN: 09394451     EISSN: 14382199     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00726-013-1507-z     Document Type: Review

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