Vasodilator responses of rat isolated tail artery enhanced by oxygen-dependent, photochemical release of nitric oxide from iron-sulphur-nitrosyls

British Journal of Pharmacology

Volumn 117, Issue 7, 1996, Pages 1549-1557

  Flitney, F W ^a   Megson, I L ^a   Thomson, Joanne L M ^a   Kennovin, G D ^a   Butler, A R ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ST ANDREWS   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Iron sulphur nitrosyl clusters; Nitric oxide; Photodecomposition; Vascular smooth muscle; Vasodilator

Indexed keywords

ARGININE DERIVATIVE; IRON DERIVATIVE; NITRIC OXIDE; OXYHEMOGLOBIN; SUPEROXIDE; SUPEROXIDE DISMUTASE; VASODILATOR AGENT;

ABSORPTION SPECTROSCOPY; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTERY DILATATION; ARTERY TONE; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; ELECTROCHEMISTRY; HALF LIFE TIME; LASER; MALE; NONHUMAN; PHOTOCHEMISTRY; PHOTODEGRADATION; PHOTOLYSIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; SENSOR; STEADY STATE; TAIL ARTERY; VASCULAR ENDOTHELIUM;

EID: 0029986410     PISSN: 00071188     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1476-5381.1996.tb15320.x     Document Type: Article

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