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Antihypertensive Effects of Onion on NO Synthase Inhibitor-induced Hypertensive Rats and Spontaneously Hypertensive Rats

Yoko SAKAIGraduate School of Human Life Science, Osaka City UniversitySugimoto 3-3-138, Sumiyoshi-ku, Osaka 558-8585, Japan
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Tetsuo MURAKAMIFaculty of Agriculture, Kinki UniversityNakamachi 3327-204, Nara 631-8505, Japan
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Yukiko YAMAMOTOGraduate School of Human Life Science, Osaka City UniversitySugimoto 3-3-138, Sumiyoshi-ku, Osaka 558-8585, Japan
Pages 1305-1311 | Received 19 Dec 2002, Accepted 26 Feb 2003, Published online: 22 May 2014

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