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

Friday, October 24, 2008 - 00:21 in Health & Medicine

Anyone with a nose knows the rotten-egg odor of hydrogen sulfide, a gas generated by bacteria living in the human colon. Now scientists have 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. Researchers have discover that hydrogen sulfide is a major regulator of blood pressure.

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