Chemical synthesis of nitric oxide in the stomach from dietary nitrate in humans

Gut

Volumn 40, Issue 2, 1997, Pages 211-214

  McKnight, G M ^a   Smith, L M ^a   Drummond, R S ^a   Duncan, C W ^a   Golden, M ^a   Benjamin, N ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ABERDEEN   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Nitric oxide; Salivary nitrate and nitrite; Stomach

Indexed keywords

NITRATE; NITRIC OXIDE; NITRITE; POTASSIUM NITRATE;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIET; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; MALE; NORMAL HUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SALIVA; STOMACH;

EID: 0031055821     PISSN: 00175749     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/gut.40.2.211     Document Type: Article

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