COMPARATIVE-STUDY OF DIETS ENRICHED WITH EVENING PRIMROSE, BLACK-CURRANT, BORAGE OR FUNGAL OILS ON BLOOD-PRESSURE AND PRESSOR-RESPONSES IN SPONTANEOUSLY HYPERTENSIVE RATS

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作者
ENGLER, MM
机构
[1] Laboratory of Cardiovascular Physiology, Department of Physiological Nursing, University of California, San Francisco, CA 94143-0610
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PROSTAGLANDINS LEUKOTRIENES AND ESSENTIAL FATTY ACIDS | 1993年 / 49卷 / 04期
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10.1016/0952-3278(93)90030-Z
中图分类号
Q5 [生物化学]; Q7 [分子生物学];
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071010 ; 081704 ;
摘要
The effects of oils enriched with gamma-linolenic acid (GLA) on blood pressure and pressor responses were examined in spontaneously hypertensive rats (SHR). Rats were fed purified diets containing evening primrose (EPO), black currant (BCO), borage (BOR) or fungal (FGO) oils for 7 weeks. Significant reductions in blood pressure were obtained in SHR rats maintained on diets enriched with GLA oils. The antihypertensive effect was not associated with enhanced pressor responsiveness to norepinephrine or angiotensin II. Moreover, no differences were found in blood pressure responses to the calcium channel blocker, verapamil. The results suggest that GLA-enriched oils inhibit the development of hypertension in the SHR rat. The blood pressure lowering effect is not mediated by altered pressor responses to vasoconstrictor hormones or intracellular calcium mechanisms.
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