Ruthenium(III) readily abstracts NO from L-arginine, the physiological precursor to NO, in the presence of H2O2. A remarkably simple model system for NO synthases

Chemical Communications

Volumn 1, Issue 18, 2001, Pages 1870-1871

  Marmion, Celine J ^a   Murphy, Terry ^a   Nolan, Kevin B ^a  

^a ROYAL COLLEGE OF SURGEONS IN IRELAND   (Ireland)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARGININE; CITRULLINE; HYDROGEN PEROXIDE; NITRIC OXIDE; NITRIC OXIDE SYNTHASE; RUTHENIUM;

ARTICLE; CHEMICAL REACTION; MODEL; REACTION ANALYSIS;

EID: 0035929216     PISSN: 13597345     EISSN: 1364548X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1039/b106097j     Document Type: Article

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