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Liquorice Health Check, Oro-Dental Implications, and a Case Report

Liquorice has an active substance, Glycyrrhizin which inhibits the conversion of precursor cortisol to cortisone by inhibiting the enzyme 11-betahydroxysteroid dehydrogenase. When imbibed, liquorice acts like hyperaldosteronism which presents with typical symptoms including high blood pressure, low...

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Autor principal: Touyz, Louis Z. G.
Formato: Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Hindawi Publishing Corporation 2009
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC2729489/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/19707475
http://dx.doi.org/10.1155/2009/170735