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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2019 Jul 1.
Published in final edited form as: J Cardiol. 2018 Mar 12;72(1):42–49. doi: 10.1016/j.jjcc.2018.02.003

Figure 6. Increased intake of sodium nitrate significantly attenuates salt-induced hypertension.

Figure 6

In unilaterally nephrectomized rats fed a high salt diet (4% NaCl), Carlstrom and colleagues found that oral administration of sodium nitrate provides significant protection against salt-induced increases in mean arterial pressure (as measured by radioltelemetry) [69].

UNX, unilateral nephrectomy; HS, high salt diet; Nitrate-low, dietary supplementation with a low amount of nitrate (approximately 0.0025 parts nitrate by weight for every 1 part added salt by weight); Nitrate-high, dietary supplementation with a higher amount of nitrate (approximately 0.025 parts nitrate by weight for every 1 part added salt by weight). Values are means ± SEM. *p < 0.05.

Adapted from Carlstrom et al., with permission [69].