Superoxide-dependent consumption of nitric oxide in biological media may confound in vitro experiments

Biochemical Journal

Volumn 369, Issue 2, 2003, Pages 399-406

  Keynes, Robert G ^a   Griffiths, Charmaine ^a   Garthwaite, John ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Cytotoxicity; Hepes; Peroxynitrite; Riboflavin; Soluble guanylate cyclase

Indexed keywords

CELLS; OXIDES; PHYSIOLOGY; TISSUE CULTURE; TOXICITY;

BIOLOGICAL MESSENGERS;

BIOCHEMISTRY;

3,3 BIS(2 AMINOETHYL) 1 HYDROXY 2 OXOTRIAZENE; 4 (2 HYDROXYETHYL) 1 PIPERAZINEETHANESULFONIC ACID; BUFFER; GUANYLATE CYCLASE; NITRIC OXIDE; PEROXYNITRITE; RIBOFLAVIN; SUPEROXIDE; SUPEROXIDE DISMUTASE;

ARTICLE; CONCENTRATION RESPONSE; CULTURE MEDIUM; CYTOTOXICITY; ENZYME ACTIVITY; ENZYME INHIBITION; IN VITRO STUDY; OXIDATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REACTION ANALYSIS; STEADY STATE;

ANIMALS; AZO COMPOUNDS; CELLS, CULTURED; CHELATING AGENTS; CULTURE MEDIA; HEPES; LIGHT; NITRIC OXIDE; PEROXYNITROUS ACID; RIBOFLAVIN; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; SUPEROXIDE DISMUTASE; SUPEROXIDES; URIC ACID;

EID: 0037440027     PISSN: 02646021     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1042/BJ20020933     Document Type: Article

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