摘要 |
<p>Provided is use of a compound represented by the following formula (1) or (2): <CHEM> <CHEM> wherein, R<1> and R<2> are the same or different and each independently represents hydrogen, alkyl, alkenyl, cycloalkyl, cycloalkenyl, alkoxyalkyl, aryl, alkylaryl, aralkyl or acyl, R<3> represents hydroxyl, ester bond residue or amide bond residue, R<4> represents ester bond residue or an amide bond residue, or a pharmaceutically acceptable salt thereof (except ferulic acid) for preparing a preventive or remedy for hypertension. When the preventive or remedy for hypertension according to the present invention is administered, ferulic acid exists in the blood for a long period of time, thereby continuously suppressing a blood pressure rise. Moreover, the hypertension preventive or remedy according to the present invention has reduced in bitterness peculiar to ferulic acid, which enables patients to take it continuously.</p> |