“…The half-life of [Val' ] -ANG I1 and [Val' ] -ANG-(2-8) in whole blood in the presence of captopril is 10 and 14min respectively. It has been reported that the in vivo half-life of angiotensin I1 in men and sheep was of the order of 1 min (Boyd, Landon & Peart, 1969;(1967) estimated that the half-life of angiotensin I1 in dogs is about one circulation time or about 15 s. However, there is strong evidence to suggest that the half-life of angiotensin I1 in whole blood greatly exceeds its half-life during circulation through various vascular beds (Chamberlain, Browse, Gibson & Gleeson, 1964;Hodge et al. 1967;Leary & Ledingham, 1969).…”