Dietary supplementation with cholesterol and docosahexaenoic acid increases the activity of the arginine-nitric oxide pathway in tissues of young pigs

Nitric Oxide - Biology and Chemistry

Volumn 19, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 259-265

  Li, Peng ^a   Kim, Sung Woo ^b   Li, Xilong ^a   Datta, Sujay ^a   Pond, Wilson G ^c   Wu, Guoyao ^a  

^a TEXAS A AND M UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b NORTH CAROLINA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c Department of Obstetrics Gynecology   (United States)

Author keywords

Arginine; Guanosine triphosphate cyclohydrolase I; Nitric oxide; Pig; Synthesis; Tetrahydrobiopterin

Indexed keywords

ARGININE; CANADINE; CHOLESTEROL; DOCOSAHEXAENOIC ACID; ENDOTHELIAL NITRIC OXIDE SYNTHASE; GUANOSINE TRIPHOSPHATE CYCLOHYDROLASE I; INDUCIBLE NITRIC OXIDE SYNTHASE; NEURONAL NITRIC OXIDE SYNTHASE; NITRIC OXIDE; NITRIC OXIDE SYNTHASE; REDUCED NICOTINAMIDE ADENINE DINUCLEOTIDE PHOSPHATE;

ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; ARTIFICIAL MILK; BRAIN; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIET SUPPLEMENTATION; ENZYME ACTIVITY; FEMALE; GASTROCNEMIUS MUSCLE; LIVER; NEWBORN; NONHUMAN; POSTNATAL DEVELOPMENT; POSTNATAL GROWTH; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN PHOSPHORYLATION; SWINE;

ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ANIMALS; ANIMALS, NEWBORN; ARGININE; BIOPTERIN; BLOTTING, WESTERN; BRAIN; CHOLESTEROL, DIETARY; CHROMATOGRAPHY, HIGH PRESSURE LIQUID; CITRULLINE; DIETARY SUPPLEMENTS; DOCOSAHEXAENOIC ACIDS; GTP CYCLOHYDROLASE; LIVER; MUSCLE, SKELETAL; NADP; NITRIC OXIDE; NITRIC OXIDE SYNTHASE; SWINE;

SUIDAE;

EID: 52149118920     PISSN: 10898603     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.niox.2008.05.002     Document Type: Article

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