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[News] Naturally Produced 'Rotten Egg' Gas Helps Control Blood Pressure In Body, Researchers


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ScienceDaily (Oct. 24, 2008) — Anyone with a nose knows the rotten-egg odor of hydrogen sulfide, a gas generated by bacteria living in the human colon. Now an international team of scientists has discovered that cells inside the blood vessels of mice — as well as in people, no doubt — naturally make the gassy stuff, and that it controls blood pressure.

 

Naturally Produced 'Rotten Egg' Gas Helps Control Blood Pressure In Body, Researchers Find

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