Short-term oral administration of L-arginine reverses defective endothelium-dependent relaxation and cGMP generation in diabetes

European Journal of Pharmacology

Volumn 317, Issue 2-3, 1996, Pages 317-320

  Pieper, Galen M ^a   Siebeneich, Wolfgang ^a   Dondlinger, Lynn A ^a  

^a FROEDTERT MEMORIAL LUTHERAN HOSPITAL   (United States)

Author keywords

Arginine; Diabetes mellitus; Endothelium; Nitric oxide (NO)

Indexed keywords

ACETYLCHOLINE; ARGININE; GLYCERYL TRINITRATE; NITRIC OXIDE; NORADRENALIN;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; MALE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; STREPTOZOCIN DIABETES; VASCULAR ENDOTHELIUM; VASODILATATION;

ACETYLCHOLINE; AMINO ACIDS; ANIMALS; AORTA, THORACIC; ARGININE; BLOOD GLUCOSE; CYCLIC GMP; DIABETES MELLITUS, EXPERIMENTAL; ENDOTHELIUM, VASCULAR; MALE; MUSCLE RELAXATION; MUSCLE, SMOOTH, VASCULAR; RATS; RATS, SPRAGUE-DAWLEY;

EID: 0030593941     PISSN: 00142999     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0014-2999(96)00831-X     Document Type: Article

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