Research Article

Effects of Roasting and Extrusion Puffing on the Antihypertensive Activity of Blended Grains in Spontaneously Hypertensive Rats

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(a) ACE activity in the serum, (b) angiotensin II levels in the serum, and (c) mRNA expression of renin in the kidney of the rats supplemented with differently processed blended grains for 8 weeks. ACE, angiotensin-converting enzyme; NC, normal control; MC, model control; NPBG, nonprocessed blended grains; RBG, roasted blended grains; EPBG, extrusion puffed blended grains. Data are expressed as the means ± standard error of the means. (A–C)The values with different letters indicate significant differences at .
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