title: [Serum angiotensin converting enzyme activity in patients with untreated essential arterial hypertension].
abstract: The serum angiotensin converting enzyme (ACE) in 30 patients with untreated essential arterial hypertension, 30 patients with chronic renal failure accompanied with arterial hypertension and 30 healthy individuals was measured. The subjects of both sexes have been old 35-60 years. The serum ACE activity was determined by the spectrophotometric method, using Hip-Gly-Gly as a substrate. The serum ACE activity significantly increased in patients with arterial hypertension (32.48 +/- 2.02; X +/- SEM) and patients with chronical renal failure accompanied with arterial hypertension (37.10 +/- 1.45) when compared to the healthy individuals (20.83 +/- 1.33). Possible mechanisms of increasing ACE activity with the patients suffering of arterial hypertension are discussed.
authors.affiliation: Institut za fiziologiju i biohemiju, Medicinski fakultet, Sarajevo.
authors.forename: J
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Huskić
authors.forename: H
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Kulenović
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D006973:Hypertension / Q000150:complications / Q000201:enzymology*; D007676:Kidney Failure, Chronic / Q000150:complications; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D007703:Peptidyl-Dipeptidase A / Q000097:blood*
chemical_list: D007703:Peptidyl-Dipeptidase A
vernacular_title: Serumska aktivnost angiotenzin konvertirajućeg enzima u pacijenata sa netretiranom esencijalnom arterijskom hipertenzijom.