Modulation of expression of endothelial nitric oxide synthase by nordihydroguaiaretic acid, a phenolic antioxidant in cultured endothelial cells

Molecular Pharmacology

Volumn 56, Issue 1, 1999, Pages 116-123

  Ramasamy, Santhini ^a   Drummond, Grant R ^a   Ahn, Joon ^a   Storek, Michal ^b   Pohl, Jan ^b   Parthasarathy, Sampath ^a   Harrison, David G ^a  

^a EMORY UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b EMORY UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACETYLCYSTEINE; ALPHA TOCOPHEROL; ANTIOXIDANT; ASCORBIC ACID; BUTYLCRESOL; LIPOXYGENASE; MESSENGER RNA; NITRIC OXIDE; NITRIC OXIDE SYNTHASE; NORDIHYDROGUAIARETIC ACID; PROBUCOL;

ANIMAL CELL; ARTICLE; CATTLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DRUG MECHANISM; DRUG POTENTIATION; ELECTRON SPIN RESONANCE; ENDOTHELIUM CELL; ENZYME REGULATION; IMMUNOBLOTTING; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN CONTENT; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; VASCULAR ENDOTHELIUM;

EID: 0033022807     PISSN: 0026895X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1124/mol.56.1.116     Document Type: Article

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