Man is the only mammal that consumes large amounts of salt. It is also the only species in which hypertension occurs. Obviously there is a relation between these two facts. Indeed, the internist Professor Borst from Amsterdam put forward experimental proof for this notion. By expelling salt with (imperfect) diuretics, patients with even severe hypertension were cured. Later, in an exemplary exp...

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Man has been using mulathi (licorice) from the dawn of the historic era. This plant is distributed in the subtropical and warm temperate regions of the world, chiefly in the Mediterranean countries. The action of Liquorice is demulcent, moderately pectoral and emollient. It is a popular and well-known remedy for coughs, consumption and chest complaints generally most notably bronchitis and is a...

when ultrasound and CT scanning of the adrenals failed to demonstrate any abnormality. Moreover, blood pressure was clearly volume-sensitive and plasma Introduction aldosterone concentration and plasma renin activity were found to be low (recumbent aldosterone 58, NR Hypertension is a common problem which is usually 100–500 pmol/l; ambulatory aldosterone 170, NR straightforward to manage. Occas...

This study compared the interfacial and emulsifying properties of purified saponins non-purified saponin-rich extracts Glycyrrhiza glabra, highlighted potential mechanisms by which crude surface-active compositions, such as liquorice root extract (LRE), act emulsifiers. LRE presented different fluid properties, in comparison to glycyrrhizin (PG), at equivalent concentrations. Particularly, it e...