Dietary L-Arginine Supplementation Enhances Endothelial Nitric Oxide Synthesis in Streptozotocin-Induced Diabetic Rats

Journal of Nutrition

Volumn 134, Issue 3, 2004, Pages 600-608

  Kohli, Ripla ^a   Meininger, Cynthia J ^b   Haynes, Tony E ^a   Yan, Wene ^a   Self, Jon T ^a   Wu, Guoyao ^a,b  

^a TEXAS A AND M UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b TEXAS A M COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Arginine; Diabetes; Endothelial cells; Methylarginines; Nitric oxide

Indexed keywords

ALANINE; ARGININE; CASEIN; DRINKING WATER; GLUCOSE; INSULIN; N(G) METHYLARGININE; N(G),N(G) DIMETHYLARGININE; NITRIC OXIDE; STREPTOZOCIN; TETRAHYDROBIOPTERIN;

ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL MODEL; ARTICLE; BLOOD VESSEL FUNCTION; BODY WEIGHT; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORONARY ARTERY; DIABETES MELLITUS; DIET SUPPLEMENTATION; ENDOTHELIUM CELL; FOOD INTAKE; GLUCOSE BLOOD LEVEL; HOMEOSTASIS; MALE; NONHUMAN; RAT; SYNTHESIS; WEIGHT REDUCTION;

ANIMALIA;

EID: 1542347165     PISSN: 00223166     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/jn/134.3.600     Document Type: Article

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