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Fish body and liver oils con-tain a substance which is effective in reducing the blood pressure of hypertensive rats. The effectiveness of these oils is increased by oxidative procedures which destroy vitamin A. The observed activity appears to be associated with some substance, other than vitamin A, present in fish oils. Fish oils offer greater promise than kidneys as a possible source of a thera-peutic agent effective in reducing the blood pressure in hypertension.
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