Effect of sodium selenite on experimental hypertension in rat.
Prophylactically applied sodium selenite lowers blood pressure of rats with renal hypertension and suppresses rise in blood pressure following infusion of angiotensin II, and it diminishes the epinephrine toxicity by half.
D000818:Animals; D001794:Blood Pressure / Q000187:drug effects*; D003864:Depression, Chemical; D004837:Epinephrine / Q000633:toxicity; D006973:Hypertension / Q000503:physiopathology*; D006977:Hypertension, Renal / Q000503:physiopathology; D066298:In Vitro Techniques; D007928:Lethal Dose 50; D051381:Rats; D012643:Selenium / Q000494:pharmacology*; D013997:Time Factors
D012643:Selenium; D004837:Epinephrine