Abstract
Summary
Male Sprague-Dawley derived rats fed a moderately high sodium diet became hypertensive by the 6th dietary month. After the 12th dietary month, the urinary excretion of epinephrine and norepinephrine was moderately increased in this group. The inclusion of a small dietary supplement of potassium in the diet had an ameliorating effect upon the development of hypertension and resulted in lower excretion rate for catecholamines.
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