Marine biomolecules inhibit rat brain nitric oxide synthase activity

Toxicology

Volumn 129, Issue 2-3, 1998, Pages 103-112

  Venkateswara Rao, J ^a,b   Desaiah, D ^a   Vig, P J S ^a   Venkateswarlu, Y ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MISSISSIPPI MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b INDIAN INSTITUTE OF CHEMICAL TECHNOLOGY   (India)

Author keywords

Calcium; Intracellular signaling; Marine compounds; Nitric oxide; Rat brain

Indexed keywords

AFRICANENE; ARAGUSPONGIN C; CALCIUM; CHROMENOL; ERGOSTEROL; FUROSPONGIN 1; HEPTAPRENYL HYDROQUINE SULFATE; HERBACIN; N(G) NITROARGININE METHYL ESTER; NITRIC OXIDE; NITRIC OXIDE SYNTHASE; REDUCED NICOTINAMIDE ADENINE DINUCLEOTIDE PHOSPHATE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; XESTOSPONGIN D;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BRAIN; CONTROLLED STUDY; DRUG ACTIVITY; DRUG MECHANISM; ENZYME ACTIVITY; MALE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; SPONGE;

ALGAE; ANIMALS; BRAIN; CALCIUM; ENZYME INHIBITORS; KINETICS; MALE; NADP; NG-NITROARGININE METHYL ESTER; NITRIC OXIDE SYNTHASE; PORIFERA; RATS; RATS, SPRAGUE-DAWLEY;

HALICLONA;

EID: 0032555783     PISSN: 0300483X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0300-483X(98)00067-5     Document Type: Article

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