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Korean red ginseng improves endothelium-dependent forearm blood flow in patients with hypertension.
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This study is to estimate the effect of Korean red ginseng on vascular endothelial cell dysfunction in patients with hypertension. Seventeen patients with hypertension who were divided into ginseng-treated (7) and non-treated (10) groups and 10 normotensive subjects were included. To assess the function of the vascular endothelial cell, changes of forearm blood flow to infusion of acetylcholine, sodium nitroprusside and bradykinin in incremental doses were measured by venous occlusion plethysmography. In the ginseng-treated hypertensive group, forearm blood flows at the highest dose of acetylcholine and bradykinin were significantly higher than those of the non-treated hypertensive group and were not different from those of the control group. In the case of sodium nitroprusside infusion, no significant differences were observed between the control, non-treated and treated groups. In conclusion, Korean red ginseng can improve the vascular endothelial dysfunction in patients with hypertension possibly through increasing synthesis of nitric oxide.
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Sung et al. (2000) studied Essential hypertension (n=27). Korean red ginseng vs. Non-treated hypertensive patients and normotensive controls was evaluated on Changes of forearm blood flow to incremental infusions of acetylcholine, sodium nitroprusside, and bradykinin measured by venous occlusion plethysmography. Korean red ginseng significantly increased forearm blood flow to maximal acetylcholine and bradykinin in hypertensive patients (n=7) versus untreated hypertension (n=10).
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