State Univ. of New York, Downstate Medical Center
Magnesium works as a calcium channel blocker and as a statin
Published in Cardiovascular Device Liability Week, January 2nd, 2005
According to the report from the United States, "Since Mg2+-ATP is the controlling factor for the rate-limiting enzyme in the cholesterol biosynthesis sequence that is targeted by the statin pharmaceutical drugs, comparison of the effects of Mg2+ on lipoproteins with those of the statin drugs is warranted.
A. Rosanoff and M.S. Seelig of the, State University of New York, Downstate Medical Center explained, "Formation of cholesterol in blood, as well as of cholesterol required in hormone synthesis, and membrane...
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