Research Article

Effects of Roasting and Extrusion Puffing on the Antihypertensive Activity of Blended Grains in Spontaneously Hypertensive Rats

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(a) Histopathological changes in the aorta were observed via hematoxylin and eosin staining ×40 and ×10, (b) intima-media thickness (IMT), (c) lumen diameter (LD), and (d) IMT/LD of the aorta. NC, normal control; MC, model control; NPBG, nonprocessed blended grains; RBG, roasted blended grains; EPBG, extrusion puffed blended grains. Data are expressed as the means ± standard error of the means. (A–C)The values with different letters indicate significant differences at .
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