Mar. Drugs 2012, 10(2), 417-426; doi:10.3390/md10020417
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Antihypertensive Effect of Long-Term Oral Administration of Jellyfish (Rhopilema esculentum) Collagen Peptides on Renovascular Hypertension

Yongliang Zhuang* email, Liping Sunemail, Yufeng Zhangemail and Gaoxiang Liuemail
Research Center of Food Engineering, College of Chemistry and Engineering, Kunming University of Science and Technology, Kunming, Yunnan 650600, China
* Author to whom correspondence should be addressed.
Received: 25 December 2011; in revised form: 31 January 2012 / Accepted: 6 February 2012 / Published: 15 February 2012
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Abstract: Antihypertensive effect of long-term oral administration of jellyfish (Rhopilema esculentum) collagen peptides (JCP) on renovascular hypertension rats (RVHs) was evaluated. The systolic blood pressure and diastolic blood pressure of the RVHs were significantly reduced with administration of JCP (p < 0.05), compared with model control group. However, the arterial blood pressure of normal rats showed no significant changes during long-term oral treatment with high dose JCP (p > 0.05). Furthermore, effect of JCP on angiotensin II (Ang II) concentration of plasma had no significance (p > 0.05), but JCP significantly inhibited the Ang II concentration in RVHs’ kidney (p < 0.05). The kidney should be the target site of JCP.
Keywords: jellyfish; collagen peptide; blood pressure; angiotensin II; kidney

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Zhuang, Y.; Sun, L.; Zhang, Y.; Liu, G. Antihypertensive Effect of Long-Term Oral Administration of Jellyfish (Rhopilema esculentum) Collagen Peptides on Renovascular Hypertension. Mar. Drugs 2012, 10, 417-426.

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Zhuang Y, Sun L, Zhang Y, Liu G. Antihypertensive Effect of Long-Term Oral Administration of Jellyfish (Rhopilema esculentum) Collagen Peptides on Renovascular Hypertension. Marine Drugs. 2012; 10(2):417-426.

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Zhuang, Yongliang; Sun, Liping; Zhang, Yufeng; Liu, Gaoxiang. 2012. "Antihypertensive Effect of Long-Term Oral Administration of Jellyfish (Rhopilema esculentum) Collagen Peptides on Renovascular Hypertension." Mar. Drugs 10, no. 2: 417-426.

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