Gastrointestinal nitric oxide generation in germ-free and conventional rats

American Journal of Physiology - Gastrointestinal and Liver Physiology

Volumn 287, Issue 5 50-5, 2004, Pages

  Sobko, Tanja ^a   Reinders, Claudia ^a   Norin, Elisabeth ^a,b   Midtvedt, Tore ^b   Gustafsson, Lars E ^a   Lundberg, Jon O ^a  

^a KAROLINSKA INSTITUTE   (Sweden)

^b KAROLINSKA INSTITUTE   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Colitis; Intestinal microflora; NG nitro L arginine methyl ester; Nitrate; Nitrite

Indexed keywords

NITRATE; NITRIC OXIDE; NITRIC OXIDE SYNTHASE INHIBITOR;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; CECUM; CHEMOLUMINESCENCE; COLON; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; ENZYME INHIBITION; FEMALE; GASTROINTESTINAL MUCOSA; GASTROINTESTINAL TRACT; GERMFREE ANIMAL; INCUBATION TIME; INTESTINE FLORA; MALE; MICROORGANISM; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; SMALL INTESTINE; STOMACH;

ANIMALS; ENZYME INHIBITORS; FEMALE; GASTROINTESTINAL CONTENTS; GASTROINTESTINAL TRACT; GERM-FREE LIFE; MALE; NG-NITROARGININE METHYL ESTER; NITRATES; NITRIC OXIDE; OSMOLAR CONCENTRATION; RATS; RATS, INBRED STRAINS;

EID: 7044235823     PISSN: 01931857     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1152/ajpgi.00203.2004     Document Type: Article

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