Vasodilatory actions of the dietary peptide carnosine

Nutrition

Volumn 16, Issue 3, 2000, Pages 168-172

  Ririe, Douglas G ^a   Roberts, Pamela R ^a   Shouse, Miyuki N ^a   Zaloga, Gary P ^a  

^a WAKE FOREST SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

alanine; Aorta; Carnosine; Cyclic GMP; L histidine; Peptides; Vasodilation

Indexed keywords

ACETYLCHOLINE; BETA ALANINE; CARNOSINE; CYCLIC GMP; DIPEPTIDE; HISTIDINE; METHYLENE BLUE; PEPTIDE; PHENYLEPHRINE;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DOSE RESPONSE; MALE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; THORACIC AORTA; VASODILATATION;

ANIMALS; AORTA, THORACIC; CARNOSINE; CYCLIC GMP; ENZYME INHIBITORS; GUANYLATE CYCLASE; MALE; METHYLENE BLUE; PHENYLEPHRINE; RATS; RATS, SPRAGUE-DAWLEY; VASODILATION;

EID: 0033997412     PISSN: 08999007     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0899-9007(99)00268-3     Document Type: Article

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