Nitric oxide synthase activity in blood vessels of spontaneously hypertensive rats: Antioxidant protection by γ-tocotrienol

Journal of Physiology and Pharmacology

Volumn 54, Issue 3, 2003, Pages 319-327

  Newaz, M A ^a   Yousefipour, Z ^a   Nawal, N ^a   Adeeb, N ^b  

^a TEXAS SOUTHERN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITI KEBANGSAAN MALAYSIA   (Malaysia)

Author keywords

Antioxidant; Blood pressure; Free radical; Nitric oxide; Nitric oxide synthase; SHR

Indexed keywords

FREE RADICAL; GAMMA TOCOTRIENOL; LIPID PEROXIDE; NITRIC OXIDE; NITRIC OXIDE SYNTHASE;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ANTIOXIDANT ACTIVITY; ARTICLE; BLOOD PRESSURE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; ENZYME ACTIVITY; ESSENTIAL HYPERTENSION; NONHUMAN; PATHOGENESIS; PLETHYSMOGRAPHY; RADIOACTIVITY; RAT; SPECTROFLUOROMETRY; SPONTANEOUSLY HYPERTENSIVE RAT; SYSTOLIC BLOOD PRESSURE;

ADMINISTRATION, ORAL; AGING; ANIMALS; ANTIOXIDANTS; BLOOD PRESSURE; BLOOD VESSELS; CHROMANS; DOSE-RESPONSE RELATIONSHIP, DRUG; HYPERTENSION; LIPID PEROXIDES; MALE; NITRIC OXIDE SYNTHASE; NITRIC OXIDE SYNTHASE TYPE III; NITRITES; RATS; RATS, INBRED SHR; RATS, INBRED WKY; SYSTOLE; TIME FACTORS; VITAMIN E;

EID: 0141459571     PISSN: 08675910     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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