Aged garlic extract enhances production of nitric oxide

Life Sciences

Volumn 71, Issue 5, 2002, Pages 509-517

  Morihara, Naoaki ^a   Sumioka, Isao ^a   Moriguchi, Toru ^a   Uda, Naoto ^a   Kyo, Eikai ^a  

^a WAKUNAGA PHARMACEUTICAL CO LTD   (Japan)

Author keywords

Aged garlic extract (AGE); Arginine; Mice; Nitric oxide; Nitric oxide synthase

Indexed keywords

4 ETHYL 2 HYDROXYIMINO 5 NITRO 3 HEXENAMIDE; ARGININE; BACTERIUM LIPOPOLYSACCHARIDE; DIPHENYLIODONIUM SALT; ENZYME INDUCING AGENT; GARLIC EXTRACT; N(G) METHYLARGININE; NITRATE; NITRIC OXIDE; NITRIC OXIDE SYNTHASE; NITRIC OXIDE SYNTHASE INHIBITOR; NITRITE;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; BIOSYNTHESIS; BLOOD LEVEL; CARDIOVASCULAR SYSTEM; CONTROLLED STUDY; DRUG EFFECT; ENZYME ACTIVATION; ENZYME INDUCTION; MALE; MOUSE; NONHUMAN;

ANIMALS; ENZYME INHIBITORS; GARLIC; LIPOPOLYSACCHARIDES; MALE; MICE; NITRATES; NITRIC OXIDE; NITRIC OXIDE DONORS; NITRIC OXIDE SYNTHASE; NITRITES; NITRO COMPOUNDS; OMEGA-N-METHYLARGININE; ONIUM COMPOUNDS; PLANT EXTRACTS; TIME FACTORS;

ALLIUM SATIVUM;

EID: 0037150745     PISSN: 00243205     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0024-3205(02)01706-X     Document Type: Article

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