Blood-pressure-lowering effect of fermented buckwheat sprouts in spontaneously hypertensive rats

A practical antihypertensive food, neo-fermented buckwheat sprouts (neo-FBS), was produced from buckwheat sprouts by lactic fermentation. The neo-FBS preparation gave a 12.7 times better yield and had a 10 times more potent blood-pressure-lowering (BPL) effect than conventionally prepared products....

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Main Authors: Kozo Nakamura, Kyoko Naramoto, Masahiro Koyama
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Elsevier 2013-01-01
Series:Journal of Functional Foods
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Online Access:http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S175646461200179X