RESEARCHERS have discovered new natural compounds in a fig plant species native to Malaysia that could lead to improved treatment for resistant hypertension.
Dr Kuan Hon Lim and his team from the University of Nottingham Malaysia Campus have isolated a new class of natural compounds from a local fig plant species that induces vasodilation in aorta tissue, meaning the compounds have the ability to dilate the aorta blood vessels.
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