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Summary
Continued feeding of pepper, mustard and ginger in various diet combinations results in appearance of a statistically significant hypertension in rats. The greatest elevation occurred in a diet containing all 3 condiments; the hypertension from this diet persisted for months after the diet was discontinued. Other combinations were less effective, and work is continuing to determine if any single representative contains the necessary and sufficient factor for the production of hypertension.
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