02/14/2019 / By Edsel Cook
Trimethylamine oxide is an organic compound present in fish- and vegetable-based foods. A rat model of hypertension showed that increasing the amount of this natural chemical could lower the risk of cardiovascular disease in hypertensive animals.
The Medical University of Warsaw provided support for the study. The results were published in the American Journal of Physiology-Heart and Circulatory Physiology.
The Polish researchers concluded that consuming larger amounts of trimethylamine oxide was a potential means of alleviating hypertension. It could also help prevent the onset of more serious heart diseases.
Journal Reference:
Huc T, Drapala A, Gawrys M, Konop M, Bielinska K, Zaorska E, Samborowska E, Wyczalkowska-Tomasik A, P?czek L, Dadlez M, et al. CHRONIC, LOW-DOSE TMAO TREATMENT REDUCES DIASTOLIC DYSFUNCTION AND HEART FIBROSIS IN HYPERTENSIVE RATS. American Journal of Physiology-Heart and Circulatory Physiology. 10 Dec. 2018;315(6). DOI: 10.1152/ajpheart.00536.2018.
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