Electrochemistry of pterin cofactors and inhibitors of nitric oxide synthase

Nitric Oxide - Biology and Chemistry

Volumn 5, Issue 2, 2001, Pages 176-186

  Gorren, Antonius C F ^a   Kungl, Andreas J ^a   Schmidt, Kurt ^a   Werner, Ernst R ^b   Mayer, Bernd ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GRAZ   (Austria)

^b Institute for Ion Physics and Applied Physics   (Austria)

Author keywords

7,8 dihydrobiopterin; Cyclic voltammetry; Electrochemistry; Nitric oxide synthase; Osteryoung square wave voltammetry; Pteridines; Tetrahydrobiopterin; Trihydrobiopterin radical

Indexed keywords

NITRIC OXIDE SYNTHASE; NITRIC OXIDE SYNTHASE INHIBITOR; PTERIN;

ARTICLE; CATALYSIS; ELECTROCHEMISTRY; ELECTRON TRANSPORT; OXIDATION REDUCTION REACTION; POTENTIOMETRY; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

EID: 0035705640     PISSN: 10898603     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1006/niox.2001.0332     Document Type: Article

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