Ascorbate prevents the interaction of superoxide and nitric oxide only at very high physiological concentrations

Circulation Research

Volumn 83, Issue 9, 1998, Pages 916-922

  Jackson, Terence S ^a   Xu, Aiming ^a   Vita, Joseph A ^a   Keaney Jr , John F ^a  

^a BOSTON UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Antioxidant; Blood vessel; Free radical; Oxidant; Peroxynitrite

Indexed keywords

ASCORBIC ACID; COPPER ZINC SUPEROXIDE DISMUTASE; NITRIC OXIDE; PEROXYNITRITE; PYROGALLOL; SUPEROXIDE DISMUTASE; XANTHINE OXIDASE;

ANIMAL TISSUE; ANTIOXIDANT ACTIVITY; ARTERY DILATATION; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENDOTHELIUM INJURY; ENZYME INHIBITION; FEMALE; MALE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RABBIT; SCAVENGING SYSTEM; VASCULAR DISEASE;

EID: 0032476697     PISSN: 00097330     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1161/01.RES.83.9.916     Document Type: Article

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