Nitric oxide synthase activity in Fasciola hepatica: A radiometric study

Parasitology

Volumn 126, Issue 6, 2003, Pages 585-590

  Terenina, N B ^a   Onufriev, M V ^b   Gulyaeva, N V ^b   Moiseeva, Y V ^a   Gustafsson, M K S ^c  

^a RUSSIAN ACADEMY OF SCIENCES   (Russian Federation)

^b INSTITUTE OF HIGHER NERVOUS ACTIVITY AND NEUROPHYSIOLOGY   (Russian Federation)

^c ÅBO AKADEMI UNIVERSITY   (Finland)

Author keywords

Fasciola hepatica; Nitric oxide; Nitric oxide synthase; Nitric oxide synthase inhibitors

Indexed keywords

AMINOGUANIDINE; ARGINASE; CITRULLINE; EGTAZIC ACID; ENZYME INHIBITOR; N(G) NITROARGININE METHYL ESTER; NEURONAL NITRIC OXIDE SYNTHASE; NITRIC OXIDE SYNTHASE; REDUCED NICOTINAMIDE ADENINE DINUCLEOTIDE PHOSPHATE; S METHYLTHIOCITRULLINE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; VALINE;

ARTICLE; CHELATION; ENZYME ACTIVITY; ENZYME ANALYSIS; FASCIOLA HEPATICA; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIOMETRY;

ANIMALS; ARGINASE; CATTLE; CITRULLINE; ENZYME INHIBITORS; FASCIOLA HEPATICA; GUANIDINES; NG-NITROARGININE METHYL ESTER; NITRIC OXIDE SYNTHASE; RADIOMETRY; THIOUREA; VALINE;

FASCIOLA; FASCIOLA HEPATICA; HEPATICA; INVERTEBRATA; PARALICHTHYS DENTATUS; TREMATODA;

EID: 0038049673     PISSN: 00311820     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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