11/05/2018 / By Ralph Flores
Researchers from the Chongqing University of Education in China have found that alkaloids from ba lotus seeds (ALBS) can prevent the onset of hypertension. Their findings, which appeared in the Chinese Journal of Natural Medicines, investigated this effect in an L-NNA-induced mouse hypertension model.
The researchers concluded that the hypertension-protective effects of ABLS could be useful in developing future alternative medicine or functional food.
Learn more about herbs used in Traditional Chinese Medicine to treat hypertension at ChineseMedicine.news.
Journal Reference:
Sun P, Zhu K, Wang C, Liu WW, Peng D-G, Zhao X. PROPHYLACTIC EFFECTS OF ALKALOIDS FROM BA LOTUS SEEDS ON L-NNA-INDUCED HYPERTENSION IN MICE. Chinese Journal of Natural Medicines. 2016;14(11):835–843. DOI: 10.1016/S1875-5364(16)30100-5
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