The potent vasodilator ethyl nitrite is formed upon reaction of nitrite and ethanol under gastric conditions

Free Radical Biology and Medicine

Volumn 45, Issue 4, 2008, Pages 404-412

  Gago, Bruno ^a   Nyström, Thomas ^b   Cavaleiro, Carlos ^c   Rocha, Bárbara S ^a   Barbosa, Rui M ^a   Laranjinha, João ^a   Lundberg, Jon O ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF COIMBRA   (Portugal)

^b KAROLINSKA INSTITUTE   (Sweden)

^c UNIVERSITY OF COIMBRA   (Portugal)

Author keywords

Ethanol; Ethyl nitrite; Nitrite; Red wine; Stomach; Vasodilatation

Indexed keywords

1H 1,2,4 OXADIAZOLO[4,3 A]QUINOXALIN 1 ONE; ALCOHOL; CARBACHOL; ETHYL NITRITE; GLUTATHIONE; GUANYLATE CYCLASE INHIBITOR; NITRIC OXIDE; NITRITE; PHENYLEPHRINE;

ALCOHOLIC BEVERAGE; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BRANDY; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMORAL ARTERY; MASS FRAGMENTOGRAPHY; NONHUMAN; PH MEASUREMENT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RED WINE; STOMACH ACID SECRETION; STOMACH FUNDUS; VASOCONSTRICTION; VASODILATATION;

ANIMALS; ETHANOL; MALE; NITRITES; RATS; RATS, SPRAGUE-DAWLEY; RATS, WISTAR; SPECTROPHOTOMETRY, ULTRAVIOLET; STOMACH; VASODILATOR AGENTS;

RATTUS;

EID: 46649116908     PISSN: 08915849     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.freeradbiomed.2008.04.027     Document Type: Article

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