Inhibition of nitric oxide synthesis by methylene blue

Biochemical Pharmacology

Volumn 45, Issue 2, 1993, Pages 367-374

  Mayer, Bernd ^a   Brunner, Friedrich ^a   Schmidt, Kurt ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GRAZ   (Austria)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CALCIMYCIN; CYCLIC GMP; ENZYME INHIBITOR; GLUTATHIONE DERIVATIVE; GUANYLATE CYCLASE; METHYLENE BLUE; NITRIC OXIDE; NITRIC OXIDE SYNTHASE; NITRIC OXIDE SYNTHASE INHIBITOR; REDUCED NICOTINAMIDE ADENINE DINUCLEOTIDE PHOSPHATE; S NITROSOGLUTATHIONE; SUPEROXIDE DISMUTASE; TETRAHYDROBIOPTERIN;

ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CATTLE; CELL CULTURE; CONCENTRATION RESPONSE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORONARY ARTERY; ENDOTHELIUM CELL; ENZYME ACTIVITY; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SMOOTH MUSCLE RELAXATION; SWINE; VASCULAR ENDOTHELIUM;

AMINO ACID OXIDOREDUCTASES; ANIMAL; CALCIMYCIN; CATTLE; CELLS, CULTURED; CYCLIC GMP; CYTOCHROME C; ENDOTHELIUM, VASCULAR; GUANYLATE CYCLASE; METHYLENE BLUE; MUSCLE RELAXATION; MUSCLE, SMOOTH, VASCULAR; NITRIC OXIDE; NITRIC-OXIDE SYNTHASE; SUPPORT, NON-U.S. GOV'T; SWINE;

EID: 0027533361     PISSN: 00062952     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/0006-2952(93)90072-5     Document Type: Article

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