Potential Health Benefits of Deep Sea Water: A Review

Table 6

Effects of deep sea water on blood pressure.

Type of study model	Experimental method [subject (age/weight), treatment dosage, duration of treatment]	Major activity	Mechanism of action	Reference
In vivo study	Spontaneous hypertensive rats (250–300 g) fed diet containing 3.75, 37.5, and 75 mg/kg of Mg, DSW 1410 hardness, ad libitum, 8 weeks	Decreased blood pressure.	Decreased systolic and diastolic pressure.	[6]
In vivo study	Kurosawa and Kusanagi-Hypercholesterolemic (KHC) rabbits (4 months), DSW 1000 hardness, 500 ml/d, 6 months	Decreased blood pressure.	Lowered systolic, diastolic pulse, and mean arterial pressure and total peripheral resistance.	[2]