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Folic acid prevents and partially reverses glucocorticoid-induced hypertension in the rat

Date

Authors

Miao, Yuchun

Zhang, Yi

Lim, Pek (Chloe)

Kanjanapan, Yada

Mori, Trevor A.

Croft, Kevin D

Earl, John

Lee, Sze

McKenzie, Katja

Hu, Lexian

Publisher

Elsevier

Abstract

Background: To investigate the effect of folic acid on the increased pressure in rats treated with either adrenocorticotropic hormone (ACTH) or dexamethasone (Dex), and to further investigate the role of tetrahydrobiopterin (BH4) in any effect of folic ac

Keywords

Keywords: ascorbic acid; biopterin; corticotropin; dexamethasone; folic acid; glucocorticoid; homocysteine; isoprostane derivative; nitric oxide; tetracosactide zinc phosphate; tetrahydrobiopterin; animal experiment; animal model; article; body weight; controlled s Blood pressure; folic acid; glucocorticoid; rat; tetrahydrobiopterin

URI

http://hdl.handle.net/1885/53787

Collections

ANU Research Publications

Source

American Journal of Hypertension

Type

Journal article

DOI

10.1016/j.amjhyper.2006.08.007

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2037-12-31

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