Effects of N-acetylcysteine on arginase, ornithine and nitric oxide in renal ischemia-reperfusion injury

Pharmacological Research

Volumn 50, Issue 5, 2004, Pages 523-527

  Erbas, Hakan ^a   Aydogdu, Nurettin ^a   Kaymak, Kadir ^a  

^a TRAKYA UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

Author keywords

Arginase; Ischemia reperfusion; Kidney; Nitric oxide; Ornithine

Indexed keywords

ACETYLCYSTEINE; ARGINASE; NITRIC OXIDE; ORNITHINE;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ANTIOXIDANT ACTIVITY; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DRUG EFFECT; DRUG MECHANISM; ENZYME ACTIVITY; ENZYME BLOOD LEVEL; ENZYME INHIBITION; FEMALE; KIDNEY HOMOGENATE; KIDNEY ISCHEMIA; LIVER HOMOGENATE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; REPERFUSION INJURY; SPECIES COMPARISON;

ACETYLCYSTEINE; ANIMALS; ARGINASE; ENZYME ACTIVATION; FEMALE; ISCHEMIA; KIDNEY; NITRIC OXIDE; ORNITHINE; RATS; RATS, SPRAGUE-DAWLEY; REPERFUSION INJURY;

EID: 5344238204     PISSN: 10436618     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.phrs.2004.04.005     Document Type: Article

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