| Literature DB >> 21071835 |
Kazuyuki Hiwatashi1, Hitoshi Shirakawa, Kazuyuki Hori, Yumiko Yoshiki, Nao Suzuki, Mika Hokari, Michio Komai, Saori Takahashi.
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The effect of commercial purified soybean saponin on renin activity and blood pressure was investigated. Soybean saponin significantly inhibited human renin in vitro with IC(50)=59.9 µg/ml. Orally administered soybean saponin at 80 mg/kg of body weight per day to spontaneously hypertensive rats for 8 weeks significantly decreased the blood pressure.Entities:
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Year: 2010 PMID: 21071835 DOI: 10.1271/bbb.100328
Source DB: PubMed Journal: Biosci Biotechnol Biochem ISSN: 0916-8451 Impact factor: 2.043