Citrulline does not relax isolated rat and rabbit vessels

British Journal of Pharmacology

Volumn 130, Issue 4, 2000, Pages 713-716

  Marx, Stephen ^a   Vedernikov, Yuri ^a   Saade, George R ^a   Garfield, Robert E ^a  

^a University of Texas Medical Branch School of Medicine   (United States)

Author keywords

3 Morpholinosydnonimine hydrochloride (SIN 1); L arginine; L citrulline; Relaxation; Vascular smooth muscle

Indexed keywords

ARGININE; CITRULLINE; LINSIDOMINE;

ANIMAL TISSUE; AORTA; ARTICLE; CAROTID ARTERY; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; FEMORAL ARTERY; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RABBIT; RAT; VASCULAR SMOOTH MUSCLE; VASODILATATION;

EID: 0034130325     PISSN: 00071188     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/sj.bjp.0703372     Document Type: Article

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