Nitric oxide as a vascular reactivity factor in dietary formulations consumed in menopause: Sanitary and nutritional surveillance of food: Case report

Abstract

Menopausal women, hypertension, dyslipidemia, sedentary lifestyle and stress as cardiovascular risk factors.  Consult after consuming a dietary product containing L-arginine. With each consumption of the product, he reports intense vasodilation and palpitations, effects that subside when the intake is stopped and reappear with a new consumption. In Argentina, these products lack pharmacovigilance processes and are available for purchase without a prescription by the public.  The compound L-arginine is a substrate for the production of nitric oxide, a vascular reactivity factor.

DOI:https://doi.org/10.56238/sevened2024.005-016