Selective modifiers of glutathione biosynthesis and 'repriming' of vascular smooth muscle photorelaxation

British Journal of Pharmacology

Volumn 130, Issue 7, 2000, Pages 1575-1580

  Megson, I L ^a   Holmes, Sally A ^b   Magid, K S ^a   Pritchard, Rebecca J ^b   Flitney, F W ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF EDINBURGH   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ST ANDREWS   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Glutathione biosynthesis; Photorelaxation; S nitrosoglutathione; Vascular smooth muscle

Indexed keywords

BUTHIONINE SULFOXIMINE; ETACRYNIC ACID; GLUTATHIONE; NITRIC OXIDE; PHENYLEPHRINE; THIAZOLIDINE DERIVATIVE;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CURVE FITTING; DARKNESS; GLUTATHIONE METABOLISM; HIGH PERFORMANCE LIQUID CHROMATOGRAPHY; LASER; MALE; NONHUMAN; PHOTOSENSITIVITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; SMOOTH MUSCLE RELAXATION; TAIL ARTERY; VASCULAR ENDOTHELIUM; VASCULAR SMOOTH MUSCLE;

EID: 0033859018     PISSN: 00071188     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/sj.bjp.0703499     Document Type: Article

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