Glutathione causes coronary vasodilation via a nitric oxide- and soluble guanylate cyclase-dependent mechanism

American Journal of Physiology - Heart and Circulatory Physiology

Volumn 273, Issue 3 42-3, 1997, Pages

  Cheung, P O Yin ^a   Schulz, Richard ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ALBERTA   (Canada)

Author keywords

1H 1,2,4 oxadiazolo 4,3 a quinoxalin 1 one; Glutathione reductase; Guanosine 3',5' cyclic monophosphate; Isolated rat heart; Superoxide dismutase; Thiols

Indexed keywords

1,2,4 OXADIAZOLE DERIVATIVE; CYSTEINE; GLIBENCLAMIDE; GLUTATHIONE; GLUTATHIONE DISULFIDE; GLUTATHIONE ETHYL ESTER; GLUTATHIONE REDUCTASE; GUANYLATE CYCLASE; GUANYLATE CYCLASE INHIBITOR; INDOMETACIN; N(G) METHYLARGININE; NITRIC OXIDE; NITRIC OXIDE DONOR; NITRIC OXIDE SYNTHASE INHIBITOR; PEROXYNITRITE; QUINOXALINE DERIVATIVE; S NITROSOGLUTATHIONE; SUPEROXIDE DISMUTASE;

ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BLOOD VESSEL TONE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORONARY ARTERY BLOOD FLOW; CORONARY BLOOD VESSEL; ENZYME ACTIVATION; GLUTATHIONE METABOLISM; ISOLATED HEART; MALE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; VASODILATATION;

EID: 33751290976     PISSN: 03636135     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1152/ajpheart.1997.273.3.h1231     Document Type: Article

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