Plasma and vascular tissue arginine are decreased in diabetes: Acute arginine supplementation restores endothelium-dependent relaxation by augmenting cGMP production

Journal of Pharmacology and Experimental Therapeutics

Volumn 283, Issue 2, 1997, Pages 684-691

  Pieper, Galen M ^a,b   Dondlinger, Lynn A ^a  

^a MEDICAL COLLEGE OF WISCONSIN   (United States)

^b FROEDTERT MEMORIAL LUTHERAN HOSPITAL   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACETYLCHOLINE; ARGININE; CYCLIC GMP; INDOMETACIN; N(G) NITROARGININE; NITRIC OXIDE; NITRIC OXIDE SYNTHASE; PROSTAGLANDIN SYNTHASE; TETRYLAMMONIUM;

AMINO ACID ANALYSIS; AMINO ACID TRANSPORT; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTERY ENDOTHELIUM; ARTICLE; BODY WEIGHT; DIABETES MELLITUS; DIET SUPPLEMENTATION; DRUG BLOOD LEVEL; DRUG TISSUE LEVEL; MALE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; VASODILATATION;

ANIMALS; ARGININE; BODY WEIGHT; CYCLIC GMP; DIABETES MELLITUS, EXPERIMENTAL; ENDOTHELIUM, VASCULAR; MALE; NITRIC OXIDE; RATS; RATS, SPRAGUE-DAWLEY; STREPTOZOCIN; VASODILATION;

EID: 0030779576     PISSN: 00223565     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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