Chronic nitric oxide synthase inhibition in pregnant rats does not result in placental oxidative stress

Hypertension in Pregnancy

Volumn 25, Issue 2, 2006, Pages 103-114

  Vanderlelie, Jessica ^a   Perkins, Anthony ^a  

^a GRIFFITH UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Hypertension; L NAME; Oxidative stress

Indexed keywords

CARBONYL DERIVATIVE; GLUTATHIONE PEROXIDASE; LIPID PEROXIDE; N(G) NITROARGININE METHYL ESTER; NITRIC OXIDE SYNTHASE; NITRIC OXIDE SYNTHASE INHIBITOR; PROTEIN; SUPEROXIDE DISMUTASE; THIOREDOXIN REDUCTASE;

ANIMAL EUTHANASIA; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BLOOD PRESSURE MEASUREMENT; BLOOD PRESSURE VARIABILITY; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENZYME ACTIVITY; ENZYME ASSAY; ENZYME INHIBITION; FEMALE; FETUS; FETUS WEIGHT; LIPID PEROXIDATION; MALE; NONHUMAN; OXIDATIVE STRESS; PLACENTA CIRCULATION; PLACENTA INSUFFICIENCY; PLACENTA WEIGHT; PREECLAMPSIA; PREGNANCY; PROTEIN URINE LEVEL; PROTEINURIA; RAT; TISSUE HOMOGENATE;

ANIMALS; BLOOD PRESSURE; DISEASE MODELS, ANIMAL; FEMALE; LIVER; NG-NITROARGININE METHYL ESTER; NITRIC OXIDE SYNTHASE; OXIDATIVE STRESS; PLACENTA; PRE-ECLAMPSIA; PREGNANCY; RATS; RATS, WISTAR;

EID: 33746784695     PISSN: 10641955     EISSN: 15256065     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/10641950600745483     Document Type: Article

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