Effects of simvastatin and L-arginine on vasodilation, nitric oxide metabolites and endogenous NOS inhibitors in hypercholesterolemic subjects

Free Radical Research

Volumn 37, Issue 5, 2003, Pages 529-536

  Pereira, Edimar C ^a   Bertolami, Marcelo C ^b   Faludi, André A ^b   Salem, Mohamed ^b   Bersch, Daniela ^a   Abdalla, Dulcineia S P ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SÃO PAULO   (Brazil)

^b INSTITUTO DANTE PAZZANESE DE CARDIOLOGIA   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Endogenous NOS inbibitors; Endothelial function; Hypercholesterolemia; L arginine; Nitric oxide; Simvastatin

Indexed keywords

ANTIHYPERTENSIVE AGENT; ANTILIPEMIC AGENT; ARGININE; CHOLESTEROL; DIPEPTIDYL CARBOXYPEPTIDASE INHIBITOR; HIGH DENSITY LIPOPROTEIN CHOLESTEROL; HYDROXYMETHYLGLUTARYL COENZYME A REDUCTASE INHIBITOR; LOW DENSITY LIPOPROTEIN CHOLESTEROL; N(G),N(G) DIMETHYLARGININE; NITRATE; NITRIC OXIDE; NITRIC OXIDE SYNTHASE INHIBITOR; NITRITE; S NITROSOTHIOL; SIMVASTATIN; SINVASCOR;

ADULT; BLOOD LEVEL; BLOOD VESSEL FUNCTION; BRACHIAL ARTERY; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL PROTOCOL; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONCENTRATION (PARAMETERS); CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DOSE RESPONSE; DRUG BLOOD LEVEL; DRUG EFFECT; ECHOGRAPHY; ENDOTHELIUM; FEMALE; HUMAN; HYPERCHOLESTEROLEMIA; MALE; NITROGEN METABOLISM; PLEIOTROPY; PROTECTION; REVIEW; SUPPLEMENTATION; VASODILATATION;

ANTICHOLESTEREMIC AGENTS; ARGININE; DOSE-RESPONSE RELATIONSHIP, DRUG; ENDOTHELIUM, VASCULAR; FEMALE; FREE RADICALS; HUMANS; HYPERCHOLESTEROLEMIA; LIPIDS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NITRATES; NITRIC OXIDE; NITRIC OXIDE SYNTHASE; NITRITES; S-NITROSOTHIOLS; SIMVASTATIN; TIME FACTORS; VASODILATION;

EID: 0037402473     PISSN: 10715762     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/1071576031000083170     Document Type: Review

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