Drugs, Enzymes and Receptors of the Renin-Angiotensin System
Subtitle: Celebrating a Century of Discovery (The Victor Chang Molecular Cardiology Series, V. 1)
Publisher: CRC
Published: February 23, 2000
Language: eng
Format: Hardcover
Number of pages: 420
ISBN-13: 9789058230386
Subjects: Cardiovascular medicine; Molecular biology; Physiological effect; Life Sciences - Biochemistry; Renin-angiotensin system; Drug Interactions; Enzymology; Science; Medical / Nursing; Pharmacology; Medical; Pathophysiology; Cardiology; Physiology; Medical / Pharmacology; Angiotensin II; Cardiovascular system
First sentence: Since Braun-Menendez and associates (Braun-Menendez et al., 1940) first showed that angiotonin was the pressor substance formed in canine blood during renal artery clamping, the renin-angiotensin system (RAS) has been the topic of intense research and the target of medicinal approaches to control high blood pressure.