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'Fart gas' link to blood pressure
BBC ^ | 24 Oct 2008 | Unknown Windbag

Posted on 10/24/2008 2:11:59 AM PDT by GOP_Raider

The gas best known for being used in many stink bombs may also control blood pressure, say US researchers.

Small amounts of hydrogen sulphide - a toxic gas generated by bacteria living in the human gut - are responsible for the foul odour of flatulence.

But it seems the gas is also produced by an enzyme in blood vessels where it relaxes them and lowers blood pressure.

The findings in mice may lead to new treatments for high blood pressure, the Science journal reported.

Researchers at Johns Hopkins University, in Maryland, found that the gas is produced in the cells lining blood vessels by an enzyme called CSE.

(Excerpt) Read more at news.bbc.co.uk ...


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To: GOP_Raider

Every day is a learning day...


21 posted on 10/24/2008 7:58:40 AM PDT by Danae (Obama = Trickle up Poverty. Don't like it, get ready to be"reeducated" into it if he is elected.)
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To: Hot Tabasco; Xenalyte
We had a german shepherd who used to fart, even he knew he did.

You two should have a lot to talk about.

22 posted on 10/24/2008 8:45:21 AM PDT by Slings and Arrows ("I am Barack Obama, and I endorse this bomb." --Roger Simon)
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To: Hot Tabasco

We have a cat who’s got a lethal toot, and one time after cutting loose we were waving the stink away. He looked at my husband all befuddled like, then lifted a paw and began waving too. It was SO cute!


23 posted on 10/24/2008 8:04:23 PM PDT by Fire_on_High (Give em Hell, Barracuda!)
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