The biological role of nitrate and nitrite: The times they are a-changin'

Nitric Oxide - Biology and Chemistry

Volumn 22, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 61-63

  Lundberg, Jon O ^a   Weitzberg, Eddie ^a  

^a KAROLINSKA INSTITUTE   (Sweden)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

NITRATE; NITRIC OXIDE; NITRIC OXIDE REDUCTASE; NITRIC OXIDE SYNTHASE; NITRITE; NITROGEN;

DIETARY INTAKE; EDITORIAL; ELECTRON TRANSPORT; FOOD COMPOSITION; HUMAN; ISCHEMIA; NITROGEN FIXATION; NITROGEN METABOLISM; NONHUMAN; NUTRITION; PHYSIOLOGICAL PROCESS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTECTION; REPERFUSION INJURY; VASODILATATION;

NITRATES; NITRITES;

EID: 75149148985     PISSN: 10898603     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.niox.2009.11.004     Document Type: Editorial

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