Intragastric generation of antimicrobial nitrogen oxides from saliva-Physiological and therapeutic considerations

Free Radical Biology and Medicine

Volumn 41, Issue 9, 2006, Pages 1404-1412

  Björne, Håkan ^a   Weitzberg, Eddie ^a   Lundberg, Jon O ^a  

^a KAROLINSKA INSTITUTE   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Antibacterial; Free radicals; Nitric oxide; Nitrite; Saliva; Ulcus; Ventilator associated pneumonia

Indexed keywords

ASCORBIC ACID; NITRATE; NITRITE; NITROGEN OXIDE; REACTIVE NITROGEN SPECIES; SILICONE; SODIUM NITRATE;

ACIDIFICATION; ADULT; ANTIBACTERIAL ACTIVITY; ANTIMICROBIAL ACTIVITY; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL GROWTH; CANDIDA ALBICANS; CATHETER; CRITICALLY ILL PATIENT; ESCHERICHIA COLI; GROWTH INHIBITION; HUMAN; INCUBATION TIME; INTENSIVE CARE UNIT; INTUBATION; MALE; NONHUMAN; NORMAL HUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SALIVA; STOMACH JUICE;

ADULT; ANTI-BACTERIAL AGENTS; ASCORBIC ACID; CANDIDA ALBICANS; ESCHERICHIA COLI; GASTRIC JUICE; HUMANS; MALE; MICROBIAL SENSITIVITY TESTS; MIDDLE AGED; NITRITES; NITROGEN OXIDES; REACTIVE NITROGEN SPECIES; SALIVA; STOMACH;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); CANDIDA ALBICANS; ESCHERICHIA COLI;

EID: 33749059981     PISSN: 08915849     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.freeradbiomed.2006.07.020     Document Type: Article

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