An unexpected interaction between N(G)-nitro-L-arginine methyl ester and L-arginine in α-naphthylthiourea-induced pulmonary oedema in rats

European Journal of Pharmacology

Volumn 321, Issue 1, 1997, Pages 45-51

  Sipahi, Emine ^a   Hodoǧlugil, Uǧur ^a   Üstün, Hüseyin ^c   Zengil, Hakan ^a   Türker, R Kazim ^b   Ercan, Z Sevim ^a  

^a GAZI UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

^b ANKARA UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

^c ANKARA NUMUNE HOSPITAL   (Turkey)

Author keywords

Naphthylthiourea; D Arginine; L Arginine; N(G) Nitro L arginine methyl ester; Nitric oxide (NO); Pulmonary oedema

Indexed keywords

ANTU; ARGININE; N(G) NITROARGININE METHYL ESTER; NITRIC OXIDE; NITRIC OXIDE SYNTHASE INHIBITOR; ALPHA-NAPHTHYL THIOUREA; DRUG DERIVATIVE; ENZYME INHIBITOR; NITRIC OXIDE SYNTHASE; THIOUREA;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ARTICLE; DRUG EFFECT; FEMALE; HISTOLOGY; INTRAPERITONEAL DRUG ADMINISTRATION; LUNG EDEMA; LUNG INJURY; MALE; NONHUMAN; PLEURA EFFUSION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; SUBCUTANEOUS DRUG ADMINISTRATION; ANIMAL; CHEMICALLY INDUCED DISORDER; DRUG ANTAGONISM; DRUG POTENTIATION; LUNG; LUNG CIRCULATION; PATHOLOGY; STEREOISOMERISM;

ANIMALS; ARGININE; DRUG SYNERGISM; ENZYME INHIBITORS; FEMALE; LUNG; MALE; NG-NITROARGININE METHYL ESTER; NITRIC OXIDE SYNTHASE; PLEURAL EFFUSION; PULMONARY CIRCULATION; PULMONARY EDEMA; RATS; STEREOISOMERISM; THIOUREA;

EID: 0031577846     PISSN: 00142999     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0014-2999(96)00932-6     Document Type: Article

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