L-arginine increases endothelial nitric oxide production and reduces blood pressure of rest without changing the exercise pressor response

• Main Authors: Janaína Mota de Lima (Author), Alexandre Sérgio Silva (Author), Naiane Ferraz Bandeira Alves (Author), Suênia Karla Pacheco Porpino (Author), Antônio Eduardo Monteiro de Almeida (Author), Roberto Teixeira Lima (Author)
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• Published: Desafio Singular, 2012-10-01T00:00:00Z.
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L-arginine supplementation has been proposed to improve endothelial. The hypothesis that L-arginine also improves post-exercise hypotension (PEH) in hypertensive individuals was tested in this study. Physically active hypertensive women were divided into supplemented (SUP) (n = 12, 50 ± 1.8 years) a...