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ArticleMarine drugs2013

Deep sea water modulates blood pressure and exhibits hypolipidemic effects via the AMPK-ACC pathway: an in vivo study.

Ming-Jyh Sheu, Pei-Yu Chou, Wen-Hsin Lin, Chun-Hsu Pan, Yi-Chung Chien, Yun-Lung Chung, Fon-Chang Liu, Chieh-Hsi Wu

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Article in Marine drugs, 2013. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 19 papers.

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19citing papers in PubMed
3.7field-weighted citation impact, top 7% of its field
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2 · The registry

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

19 citing papers in PubMed, 52 citations in OpenAlex.

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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

8 authors at 1 institution in 1 country.

Ming-Jyh SheuSchool of Pharmacy, China Medical University, 91 Hsueh-Shih Road, Taichung 404, Taiwan. soybean13mtdtw@gmail.com
Pei-Yu Chou
Wen-Hsin Lin
Chun-Hsu Pan
Yi-Chung Chien
Yun-Lung Chung
Fon-Chang Liu
Chieh-Hsi Wu
China Medical University · TW

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Deep sea water (DSW), originally pumped from the Pacific Rim off the coast of Hualien County (Taiwan), and its mineral constituents, were concentrated by a low-temperature vacuum evaporation system to produce a hardness of approximately 400,000 mg/L of seawater mineral concentrate. The primary composition of this seawater mineral concentrate was ionic magnesium (Mg²⁺), which was approximately 96,000 mg/L. Referring to the human recommended daily allowance (RDA) of magnesium, we diluted the mineral concentrate to three different dosages: 0.1 × DSW (equivalent to 3.75 mg Mg²⁺/kg DSW); 1 × DSW (equivalent to 37.5 mg Mg²⁺/kg DSW); and 2 × DSW (equivalent to 75 mg Mg²⁺/kg DSW). Additionally, a magnesium chloride treatment was conducted for comparison with the DSW supplement. The study indicated that 0.1 × DSW, 1 × DSW and 2 × DSW decreased the systolic and diastolic pressures in spontaneous hypertensive rats in an eight-week experiment. DSW has been shown to reduce serum lipids and prevent atherogenesis in a hypercholesterolemic rabbit model. Our results demonstrated that 1 × DSW and 2 × DSW significantly suppressed the serum cholesterol levels, reduced the lipid accumulation in liver tissues, and limited aortic fatty streaks. These findings indicated that the antiatherogenic effects of DSW are associated with 5'-adenosine monophosphate-activated protein kinase (AMPK) stimulation and the consequent inhibition of phosphorylation of acetyl-CoA carboxylase (ACC) in atherosclerotic rabbits. We hypothesize that DSW could potentially be used as drinking water because it modulates blood pressure, reduces lipids, and prevents atherogenesis.

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Acetyl-CoA CarboxylaseAMP-Activated Protein KinasesAnimalsAortaAtherosclerosisBlood PressureDisease Models, AnimalDose-Response Relationship, DrugDrinking WaterHypercholesterolemiaLipidsMagnesiumMagnesium ChlorideMaleMineralsRabbitsAcetyl-CoA CarboxylaseAMP-Activated Protein KinasesDrinking WaterLipidsMagnesiumMagnesium ChlorideMinerals

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PMID23774889
PMCPMC3721228
OpenAlexW1990446765

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