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ArticleMetabolites2024

Oral Supplementation with Betaine Powder Ameliorated High Blood Pressure in Spontaneously Hypertensive Rats.

Samanthi Wathsala Pelpolage, Rie Sasaki, Kenichiro Shimada, Taizo Nagura, Hirokatsu Uchino, Kyu-Ho Han, Michihiro Fukushima

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Article in Metabolites, 2024. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 2 papers.

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3 · Its place in the literature

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2 citing papers in PubMed.

  1. Betaine Alters the Interplay of the Adenosine andInternational journal of molecular sciences · 2026
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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

7 authors.

Samanthi Wathsala PelpolageDepartment of Life and Food Sciences, Obihiro University of Agriculture and Veterinary Medicine, Inada, Obihiro 080-8555, Hokkaido, Japan.ORCID 0000-0003-0286-2504
Rie SasakiDepartment of Life and Food Sciences, Obihiro University of Agriculture and Veterinary Medicine, Inada, Obihiro 080-8555, Hokkaido, Japan.
Kenichiro ShimadaDepartment of Life and Food Sciences, Obihiro University of Agriculture and Veterinary Medicine, Inada, Obihiro 080-8555, Hokkaido, Japan.
Taizo NaguraResearch Center, Nippon Beet Sugar Mfg., Co., Ltd., Obihiro 080-0831, Hokkaido, Japan.
Hirokatsu UchinoResearch Center, Nippon Beet Sugar Mfg., Co., Ltd., Obihiro 080-0831, Hokkaido, Japan.
Kyu-Ho HanDepartment of Life and Food Sciences, Obihiro University of Agriculture and Veterinary Medicine, Inada, Obihiro 080-8555, Hokkaido, Japan.ORCID 0000-0003-1774-4068
Michihiro FukushimaDepartment of Life and Food Sciences, Obihiro University of Agriculture and Veterinary Medicine, Inada, Obihiro 080-8555, Hokkaido, Japan.

Funding

Nippon Beet Sugar Mfg., Co., Ltd. None
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Supplementation of betaine is associated with improved cardiac health, potentially due to its function in re-methylation of homocysteine, an independent risk factor for cardiovascular diseases. We investigated the effects of oral betaine supplementation on blood pressure homeostasis in spontaneously hypertensive (SHR) rats and Wistar Kyoto (WKY) rats in an 8 week-feeding trial with control (SHR-con and WKY-con) and 1% betaine supplemented (SHR-b and WKY-b) diets. Systolic, diastolic, and mean blood pressure in the SHR-b group were significantly lower at week 8 (

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angiotensin I converting enzymebetaineblood pressurenitric oxide

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PMID39057713
PMCPMC11279126

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