The cardiovascular protective role of docosahexaenoic acid

European Journal of Pharmacology

Volumn 300, Issue 1-2, 1996, Pages 83-89

  McLennan, Peter ^a   Howe, Peter ^a   Abeywardena, Mahinda ^a   Muggli, Reto ^b   Raederstorff, Daniel ^b   Mano, Mark ^a   Rayner, Tim ^a   Head, Richard ^a  

^a CSIRO   (Australia)

^b F HOFFMANN LA ROCHE LTD   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Arrhythmia; Blood pressure; Dietary fat; n 3 fatty acid; Proteinuria; Thromboxane

Indexed keywords

DOCOSAHEXAENOIC ACID; FISH OIL; ICOSAPENTAENOIC ACID; N(G) NITROARGININE; NORADRENALIN; POLYUNSATURATED FATTY ACID; THROMBOXANE;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; AORTA; ARTERY CONSTRICTION; ARTICLE; CARDIOVASCULAR RESPONSE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIETARY INTAKE; HEART ARRHYTHMIA; HEART MUSCLE ISCHEMIA; HEART PROTECTION; HYPERTENSION; MALE; NONHUMAN; ORAL DRUG ADMINISTRATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEINURIA; RAT; SALT LOADING; SPONTANEOUSLY HYPERTENSIVE RAT; STROKE;

EID: 84952860862     PISSN: 00142999     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/0014-2999(95)00861-6     Document Type: Article

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