Roles of dietary inorganic nitrate in cardiovascular health and disease

Cardiovascular Research

Volumn 89, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 525-532

  Lundberg, Jon O ^a   Carlstörm, Mattias ^a,b   Larsen, Filip J ^a   Weitzberg, Eddie ^a  

^a KAROLINSKA INSTITUTE   (Sweden)

^b UPPSALA UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

Author keywords

DASH; Nitric oxide; Nitrite; S Nitrosothiol; Type 2 diabetes

Indexed keywords

ARGININE; ENDOTHELIAL NITRIC OXIDE SYNTHASE; GUANYLATE CYCLASE; MOUTHWASH; NITRATE; NITRIC OXIDE; NITRIC OXIDE SYNTHASE; NITRITE; SODIUM NITRATE; XANTHINE OXIDASE;

BLOOD PRESSURE REGULATION; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASE; CARDIOVASCULAR SYSTEM; DIETARY INTAKE; EXERCISE; HEART INFARCTION; HEART MUSCLE ISCHEMIA; HEART PROTECTION; HUMAN; HYPERTENSION; IN VIVO STUDY; ISCHEMIA; KIDNEY INJURY; LIVER ISCHEMIA; LOW DRUG DOSE; METABOLIC SYNDROME X; MITOCHONDRION; NON INSULIN DEPENDENT DIABETES MELLITUS; NONHUMAN; OXIDATIVE STRESS; OXYGEN CONSUMPTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REPERFUSION INJURY; REVIEW; THROMBOCYTE AGGREGATION INHIBITION; VEGETABLE;

ANIMALS; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASES; CARDIOVASCULAR SYSTEM; DIABETES MELLITUS, TYPE 2; HUMANS; NITRATES; VEGETABLES;

EID: 79551500803     PISSN: 00086363     EISSN: 17553245     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/cvr/cvq325     Document Type: Review

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