Hydrogen sulfide as a vasodilator

IUBMB Life

Volumn 57, Issue 9, 2005, Pages 603-606

  Bhatia, Madhav ^a,b  

^a NATIONAL UNIVERSITY OF SINGAPORE   (Singapore)

^b NATIONAL UNIVERSITY OF SINGAPORE   (Singapore)

Author keywords

Hydrogen sulfide; Inflammation; Nitric oxide; Vasodilatation

Indexed keywords

ADENOSINE TRIPHOSPHATE; ALCOHOL; AUTACOID; CARBON MONOXIDE; CYSTATHIONINE BETA SYNTHASE; CYSTATHIONINE GAMMA LYASE; CYSTEINE; CYSTHATHIONINE GAMMA LYASE INHIBITOR; GLIBENCLAMIDE; HYDROGEN SULFIDE; LYASE INHIBITOR; NITRIC OXIDE; POTASSIUM CHANNEL; PROPARGYLGLYCINE; SODIUM HYDROGEN SULFIDE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; VASODILATOR AGENT;

ACUTE PANCREATITIS; ALCOHOL CONSUMPTION; CARDIOVASCULAR SYSTEM; DRUG POTENCY; ENZYME SUBSTRATE; GALLSTONE; HEALTH; HEMORRHAGIC SHOCK; HUMAN; HYPERTENSION; MEDIATOR; MULTIPLE ORGAN FAILURE; NONHUMAN; PAW EDEMA; RECOGNITION; REVIEW; SEPTIC SHOCK; VASCULAR SMOOTH MUSCLE; VASODILATATION;

ANIMALS; HUMANS; HYDROGEN SULFIDE; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; NITRIC OXIDE; VASODILATION; VASODILATOR AGENTS;

EID: 27444446636     PISSN: 15216543     EISSN: 15216551     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/15216540500217875     Document Type: Review

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