Decreased intracellular free magnesium in erythrocytes of spontaneously hypertensive rats

Abstract Using 31 p-NMR (the phosphorus nuclear magnetic resonance) spectroscopy, we measured intracellular free Mg levels in the erythrocytes of untreated (n=7) and diltiazem-treated spontaneously hypertensive rats (SHR) (n=8), and compared them with age-matched Wistar-Kyoto rats(WKY) (n=10). The intracellular free Mg levels were significantly (p