We investigated the effect of converting enzyme inhibition (CEI) on the relationship between renal perfusion pressure (RPP) and steady-state plasma renin activity (PRA) in uninephrectomized conscious dogs on normal-salt (80 meq Na+/day) and low-salt (10 meq Na+/day) diets. Stimulus-response curves for the renal baroreceptor were determined by measuring the steady-state PRA while the RPP was low...

The structural and mechanical properties of small arteries are altered in rat models of hypertension. The precise role of humoral factors in these changes has not been determined. In deoxycorticosterone acetate (DOCA) salt hypertension, endothelin-1 (ET-1) peptide content and gene expression are enhanced in mesenteric resistance arteries. These vessels also present augmented vasoconstrictor res...

in this study, the effect of edible coating and osmotic dehydration, as pre-treatments before drying of cucurbit, were investigated. cucurbit samples were cut spirally and coated by carboxy methyl cellulose (cmc) 1% and ascorbic acid 0.1% solutions and then processed by osmotic dehydration. proportion of sample to solution was 1:10 and the solution containing sucrose %45, salt%25 and citric aci...

Salt-stress-induced ABA accumulation in maize root tissues was compared with that in leaf tissues. While salt stress with NaCl resulted in a significant ABA accumulation in root tissues (up to 10-fold), the same stress only led to a small ABA accumulation in leaf tissues (about 1-fold). Pretreatment with ethylene glycol (EG), a permeable and inert monomer of PEG, could prevent the shrinkage of ...

The transverse magnetoresistance of the Bechgaard salt (TMTSF)2PF6 has been measured for various pressures, with the field up to 24 T parallel to the lowest conductivity direction c. A quadratic behavior is observed in the magnetic field dependence of the spin-density-wave (SDW) transition temperature TSDW. With increasing pressure, TSDW decreases and the coefficient of the quadratic term incre...

BACKGROUND Although meta-analyses of randomized controlled trials (RCTs) of salt reduction report a reduction in the level of blood pressure (BP), the effect of reduced dietary salt on cardiovascular disease (CVD) events remains unclear. METHODS We searched for RCTs with follow-up of at least 6 months that compared dietary salt reduction (restricted salt dietary intervention or advice to redu...