From a molecule of natural origin new therapeutic opportunities against hypertension

(Istituto Neurologico Mediterraneo Neuromed I.R.C.C.S.) Spirulina is celebrated as a 'superfood' because of its possible beneficial properties, albeit its mechanism of action is still subjected to investigation. Sometimes classified as a 'blue algae,' it was supposedly used as a food by the Aztecs. Now a research from I.R.C.C.S. Neuromed, in Italy, shows that one of its extracts may counteract arterial hypertension by dilating blood vessels.