House cricket protein hydrolysates alleviate hypertension, vascular dysfunction, and oxidative stress in nitric oxide-deficient hypertensive rats.

Background And Aim: Edible insects with high protein content and bioactive peptides with health promotion against chronic disease. Deficiency of nitric oxide (NO) contributes to hypertension, a leading cause of cardiovascular diseases and death worldwide. This study assessed the antihypertensive effects of house cricket protein hydrolysates (HCPH) in NO-deficient hypertensive rats.

Supplementation with rice bran hydrolysates reduces oxidative stress and improves lipid profiles in adult dogs.

Oxidative stress is defined as an imbalance between reactive oxygen species (ROS) production and antioxidant defense mechanisms of the body. An overproduction of ROS leads to lipid and protein oxidation, injuring the cells both in normal and pathological conditions. Rice bran protein hydrolysates (RBH) has potent antioxidant, anti-inflammatory, anti-angiotensin converting enzyme (ACE) and hypolipidemic effects.

Effects of training on potassium homeostasis during exercise and skeletal muscle Na+,K(+)-ATPase concentration in young adult and middle-aged Dutch Warmblood horses.

Objective: To investigate the effects of moderate short-term training on K+ regulation in plasma and erythrocytes during exercise and on skeletal muscle Na+,K(+)-ATPase concentration in young adult and middle-aged horses.

Animals: Four 4- to 6-year-old and four 10- to 16-year-old Dutch Warmblood horses.

Procedure: The horses underwent a 6-minute exercise trial before and after 12 days of training.