Analysis of urinary nitric oxide metabolites in healthy subjects

Endocrine Journal

Volumn 46, Issue 3, 1999, Pages 421-428

  Kurioka, Soichi ^a   Koshimura, Kunio ^a   Sugitani, Miyoko ^a   Murakami, Yoshio ^a   Nishiki, Masateru ^a   Kato, Yuzuru ^a  

^a SHIMANE UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Healthy subjects; Nitrate (NO3 ); Nitric oxide (NO); Nitrite (NO2 ); Urine

Indexed keywords

CREATININE; NITRATE; NITRIC OXIDE; NITRITE;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HIGH PERFORMANCE LIQUID CHROMATOGRAPHY; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; MALE; NONHUMAN; URINE;

EID: 0032838021     PISSN: 09188959     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1507/endocrj.46.421     Document Type: Article

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