Long-term dietary supplementation with L-arginine prevents age-related reduction in renal function

American Journal of Physiology - Regulatory Integrative and Comparative Physiology

Volumn 272, Issue 6 41-6, 1997, Pages

  Reckelhoff, Jane F ^a,c   Kellum Jr , Joseph A ^a   Racusen, Lorraine C ^b   Hildebrandt, Drew A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MISSISSIPPI MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b JOHNS HOPKINS HOSPITAL   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF MISSISSIPPI   (United States)

Author keywords

glomerular filtration rate; glomerular sclerosis; nitric oxide

Indexed keywords

ARGININE; NITRIC OXIDE; SODIUM NITRITE;

AGING; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIET SUPPLEMENTATION; GLOMERULOSCLEROSIS; GLOMERULUS; GLOMERULUS FILTRATION RATE; KIDNEY FUNCTION; KIDNEY FUNCTION TEST; KIDNEY INJURY; MALE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN URINE LEVEL; RAT;

EID: 0030794427     PISSN: 03636119     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1152/ajpregu.1997.272.6.r1768     Document Type: Article

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