Dietary nitrite restores NO homeostasis and is cardioprotective in endothelial nitric oxide synthase-deficient mice

Free Radical Biology and Medicine

Volumn 45, Issue 4, 2008, Pages 468-474

  Bryan, Nathan S ^a   Calvert, John W ^b   Gundewar, Susheel ^b   Lefer, David J ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

^b ALBERT EINSTEIN COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Diet; Ischemia reperfusion; Nitrate; Nitric oxide; Nitrite; Supplement

Indexed keywords

ENDOTHELIAL NITRIC OXIDE SYNTHASE; NITRATE; NITRIC OXIDE; NITRIC OXIDE SYNTHASE; NITRITE; NITRITE REDUCTASE; NITROSO DERIVATIVE;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BLOOD PRESSURE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIET SUPPLEMENTATION; DIETARY INTAKE; ENZYME DEFICIENCY; HEART MUSCLE ISCHEMIA; HEART MUSCLE REPERFUSION; HEART PROTECTION; HEART RATE; HOMEOSTASIS; MEAN ARTERIAL PRESSURE; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REPERFUSION INJURY; STEADY STATE;

ANIMALS; DIET; HOMEOSTASIS; MICE; MICE, KNOCKOUT; MYOCARDIUM; NITRIC OXIDE; NITRIC OXIDE SYNTHASE TYPE III; NITRITE REDUCTASES; NITRITES;

MUS;

EID: 46649108907     PISSN: 08915849     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.freeradbiomed.2008.04.040     Document Type: Article

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