Plasma nitrite reflects constitutive nitric oxide synthase activity in mammals

Free Radical Biology and Medicine

Volumn 35, Issue 7, 2003, Pages 790-796

  Kleinbongard, Petra ^a,c   Dejam, André ^a   Lauer, Thomas ^a   Rassaf, Tienush ^a,d   Schindler, Achim ^a   Picker, Olaf ^a   Scheeren, Thomas ^a   Gödecke, Axel ^a   Schrader, Jürgen ^a   Schulz, Rainer ^b   Heusch, Gerd ^b   Schaub, Günter A ^c   Bryan, Nathan S ^d   Feelisch, Martin ^d   Kelm, Malte ^a  

^a HEINRICH HEINE UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF DUISBURG ESSEN   (Germany)

^c RUHR UNIVERSITY BOCHUM   (Germany)

^d LOUISIANA STATE UNIVERSITY HEALTH SCIENCES CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Circulation; Constitutive NOS activity; Free radicals; Mammals; Nitrate; Nitrite; Vascular resistance

Indexed keywords

N(G) NITROARGININE METHYL ESTER; NANOPARTICLE; NITRIC OXIDE SYNTHASE; NITRITE;

ANALYTIC METHOD; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; BLOOD LEVEL; CARDIOVASCULAR SYSTEM; CONTROLLED STUDY; DOG; ENZYME ACTIVITY; ENZYME INHIBITION; EXPERIMENTAL MOUSE; EXPERIMENTAL RAT; GUINEA PIG; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; MAMMAL; MONKEY; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RABBIT; RAT; SPECIES COMPARISON; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE; SWINE; VASCULAR RESISTANCE; WILD TYPE;

CANIS FAMILIARIS; CAVIA; MAMMALIA; ORYCTOLAGUS CUNICULUS;

EID: 10744229717     PISSN: 08915849     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0891-5849(03)00406-4     Document Type: Article

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