Response of Mineralocorticoid Hypertensive Animals to an Angiotensin I Converting Enzyme Inhibitor

Abstract
The effect of the angiotensin I converting enzyme inhibitor, SQ-14,225 [3-mercapto-2-D-methylpropanoyl-L-proline] on DCA[deoxycorticosterone acetate]-NaCl hypertension was determined. The inhibitor did not affect the development of DCA-NaCl hypertension. It also did not affect the blood pressure of animals with established DCA-NaCl hypertension. This suggests that the SQ-14,225 exerts its antihypertensive effect purely by decreasing angiotensin II and not by increasing vasodilator kinins.

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