Photosensitive precursors to nitric oxide

Current Topics in Medicinal Chemistry

Volumn 5, Issue 7, 2005, Pages 637-647

  Pavlos, Christopher M ^a   Xu, Hua ^a   Toscano, John P ^a  

^a JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACETAMINOSALOL; ANTINEOPLASTIC AGENT; AROMATIC NITRO COMPOUND; BENZYL DERIVATIVE; CHROMIUM DERIVATIVE; DIAZENIUMDIOLATE DERIVATIVE; DIMETHYLNITROSAMINE; IRON DERIVATIVE; MACROCYCLIC COMPOUND; MOLYBDENUM COMPLEX; NAPHTHYL GROUP; NITRATE; NITRIC OXIDE; NITRIC OXIDE DONOR; NITRITE; NITROPRUSSIDE SODIUM; NITROSO DERIVATIVE; ORGANONITROGEN DERIVATIVE; PHENYLENEDIAMINE DERIVATIVE; PHOTOSENSITIZING AGENT; PRODRUG; RADIOSENSITIZING AGENT; RUTHENIUM COMPLEX; S NITROSOALBUMIN; S NITROSOGLUTATHIONE; S NITROSOTHIOL; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; VASODILATOR AGENT;

DRUG HALF LIFE; DRUG STABILITY; HIPPOCAMPUS; HUMAN; INFRARED SPECTROSCOPY; LONG TERM DEPRESSION; LONG TERM POTENTIATION; NEUROPHYSIOLOGY; NONHUMAN; PHOTOCHEMISTRY; PHOTODEGRADATION; PHOTODYNAMIC THERAPY; QUANTUM YIELD; REVIEW; VASODILATATION;

ANIMALS; HUMANS; NITRIC OXIDE; NITRIC OXIDE DONORS; PHOTOCHEMISTRY;

EID: 23944521369     PISSN: 15680266     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2174/1568026054679326     Document Type: Review

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