Methods of quantitative analysis of the nitric oxide metabolites nitrite and nitrate in human biological fluids

Free Radical Research

Volumn 39, Issue 8, 2005, Pages 797-815

  Tsikas, Dimitrios ^a  

^a HANNOVER MEDICAL SCHOOL   (Germany)

Author keywords

L arginine; Mass spectrometry; Nitrate; Nitric oxide; Nitrite; Quality control

Indexed keywords

ARGININE; ENDOTHELIAL NITRIC OXIDE SYNTHASE; NITRATE; NITRIC OXIDE; NITRIC OXIDE SYNTHASE; NITRITE; OXYHEMOGLOBIN;

ACCURACY; AUTOOXIDATION; BLOOD LEVEL; BODY FLUID; CATALYSIS; CHEMOLUMINESCENCE; COLORIMETRY; DIET; ELECTROPHORESIS; ENZYME ACTIVITY; ERYTHROCYTE; FLUORESCENCE ANALYSIS; GAS CHROMATOGRAPHY; HUMAN; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; LIQUID CHROMATOGRAPHY; MASS SPECTROMETRY; NONHUMAN; OXIDATION KINETICS; QUALITY CONTROL; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; RELIABILITY; REVIEW; SPECTROPHOTOMETRY; URINARY EXCRETION; URINE LEVEL;

HUMANS; NITRATES; NITRIC OXIDE; NITRITES;

EID: 22144457461     PISSN: 10715762     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/10715760500053651     Document Type: Review

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