Antihypertensive Effects of Probiotics

Current Hypertension Reports

Volumn 19, Issue 4, 2017, Pages

  Robles Vera, Iñaki ^a   Toral, Marta ^a   Romero, Miguel ^a,b   Jiménez, Rosario ^a,b   Sánchez, Manuel ^a   Pérez Vizcaíno, Francisco ^c   Duarte, Juan ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GRANADA   (Spain)

^b Instituto De Investigación Biosanitaria de Granada Ibs GRANADA   (Spain)

^c HOSPITAL GENERAL UNIVERSITARIO GREGORIO MARAÑÓN   (Spain)

Author keywords

Endothelial dysfunction; Gut microbiota; Hypertension; Probiotic bacteria

Indexed keywords

ACETIC ACID; ANTIBIOTIC AGENT; BUTYRIC ACID; KEFIR; PROBIOTIC AGENT; ANTIHYPERTENSIVE AGENT;

ANTIHYPERTENSIVE ACTIVITY; BACTEROIDES; BACTEROIDETES; BIFIDOBACTERIUM; CLOSTRIDIUM; DIETARY FIBER; DRUG MECHANISM; DYSBIOSIS; ENDOTHELIAL DYSFUNCTION; ENDOTOXEMIA; FECAL MICROBIOTA TRANSPLANTATION; FIRMICUTES; HUMAN; HYPERTENSION; INFLAMMATION; INTESTINE FLORA; KIDNEY INNERVATION; LACTOBACILLUS; LACTOBACILLUS CASEI; LACTOBACILLUS JOHNSONII; NONHUMAN; REVIEW; SUPPLEMENTATION; SYMPATHETIC TONE; ANIMAL; BLOOD PRESSURE; KIDNEY; METABOLISM; PHYSIOLOGY;

ANIMALS; ANTIHYPERTENSIVE AGENTS; BLOOD PRESSURE; HUMANS; HYPERTENSION; INFLAMMATION; KIDNEY; PROBIOTICS;

EID: 85015829563     PISSN: 15226417     EISSN: 15343111     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11906-017-0723-4     Document Type: Review

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