NO generation from nitrite and its role in vascular control

Arteriosclerosis, Thrombosis, and Vascular Biology

Volumn 25, Issue 5, 2005, Pages 915-922

  Lundberg, Jon O ^a   Weitzberg, Eddie ^b  

^a KAROLINSKA INSTITUTE   (Sweden)

^b KAROLINSKA UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Hemoglobin; Nitrate; Nitric oxide; Nitrite; S nitrosothiol; Superoxide; Xanthine oxidase

Indexed keywords

ARGININE; DEOXYHEMOGLOBIN; GLYCERYL TRINITRATE; MITOCHONDRIAL ENZYME; NITRIC OXIDE; NITRIC OXIDE SYNTHASE; NITRIC OXIDE SYNTHASE INHIBITOR; NITRITE; PROTON; VITAMIN; XANTHINE OXIDASE;

BIOLOGICAL ACTIVITY; BLOOD FLOW; CHEMICAL MODIFICATION; CHEMICAL REACTION; ENZYME ACTIVITY; HYPOXIA; NONHUMAN; OXIDATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SHORT SURVEY; VASCULAR ENDOTHELIUM; VASCULARIZATION; VASODILATATION;

ANIMALS; ENDOTHELIUM, VASCULAR; HUMANS; NITRATES; NITRIC OXIDE; NITRITES; VASODILATION;

EID: 18244369239     PISSN: 10795642     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1161/01.ATV.0000161048.72004.c2     Document Type: Short Survey

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