XIV. International Union of Pharmacology nomenclature in nitric oxide research

Pharmacological Reviews

Volumn 49, Issue 2, 1997, Pages 137-142

  Moncada, Salvador ^a   Higgs, Annie ^a   Furchgott, Robert ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^b SUNY DOWNSTATE MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

7 NITROINDAZOLE; AMINOGUANIDINE; CANAVANINE; GLYCERYL TRINITRATE; ISOENZYME; LINSIDOMINE; N ACETYL S NITROSOPENICILLAMINE; N(G) METHYLARGININE; N(G) NITROARGININE; N(G) NITROARGININE METHYL ESTER; NITRIC OXIDE; NITRIC OXIDE DONOR; NITRIC OXIDE SYNTHASE; NITRIC OXIDE SYNTHASE INHIBITOR; NITROPRUSSIDE SODIUM; ORNITHINE DERIVATIVE; S NITROSOCYSTEINE; S NITROSOGLUTATHIONE; ENZYME INHIBITOR; VASODILATOR AGENT;

DRUG RESEARCH; DRUG SELECTIVITY; ENZYME INHIBITION; ENZYME ISOLATION; HUMAN; INTERNATIONAL COOPERATION; NEUROMODULATION; NOMENCLATURE; NONHUMAN; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; STANDARDIZATION; VASODILATATION; DRUG ANTAGONISM; PHYSIOLOGY;

ENZYME INHIBITORS; HUMANS; NITRIC OXIDE; NITRIC OXIDE SYNTHASE; TERMINOLOGY; VASODILATOR AGENTS;

EID: 0030611217     PISSN: 00316997     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Review

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