Effects of NO synthase inhibitors, arginine-deficient diet, and amiloride in pregnant rats

American Journal of Physiology - Regulatory Integrative and Comparative Physiology

Volumn 273, Issue 3 42-3, 1997, Pages

  Greenberg, Stan S ^a   Lancaster, Jack R ^b   Xie, Jianming ^b   Sarphie, Theodore G ^b   Zhao, Xinfang ^b   Hua, Li ^b   Freeman, Tekeda ^b   Kapusta, Daniel R ^b   Giles, Thomas D ^b   Powers, David R ^b  

^a LOUISIANA STATE UNIVERSITY HEALTH SCIENCES CENTER   (United States)

^b NONE

Author keywords

L N5 (1 iminoethyl)ornithine; Limb reduction deficits; N(G) nitro L arginine methyl ester; Nitric oxide; Ornithine; Polyamines

Indexed keywords

AMILORIDE; AMINOGUANIDINE; NITRATE; NITRIC OXIDE SYNTHASE; ORNITHINE; POLYAMINE;

AMINO ACID ANALYSIS; ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; ENZYME ACTIVITY; ENZYME INHIBITION; FEMALE; INTRAUTERINE GROWTH RETARDATION; NONHUMAN; NUTRITIONAL DEFICIENCY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN SYNTHESIS; RAT; URINALYSIS;

EID: 0030866734     PISSN: 03636119     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1152/ajpregu.1997.273.3.r1031     Document Type: Article

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