A look at the brighter facets of β-N-oxalyl-l-α,β-diaminopropionic acid, homoarginine and the grass pea

Food and Chemical Toxicology

Volumn 49, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 620-622

  Rao, S L N ^a  

^a OSMANIA UNIVERSITY   (India)

Author keywords

Cardiovascular health; Grass pea diet; Homoarginine; Lathyrus sativus; Nitric oxide; ODAP

Indexed keywords

3 OXALYLAMINOALANINE; HOMOARGININE; NITRIC OXIDE SYNTHASE;

ALZHEIMER DISEASE; ARTICLE; BIOCHEMISTRY; CARDIOVASCULAR FUNCTION; FOOD ANALYSIS; FOOD INTAKE; GENE ACTIVATION; GRASS PEA; HYPOXIA; LATHYRISM; LONG TERM POTENTIATION; NONHUMAN; OXIDATION; PEA; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; WELLBEING;

AMINO ACIDS, DIAMINO; ANIMALS; CARDIOVASCULAR PHYSIOLOGICAL PHENOMENA; DIET; GENOTYPE; HOMOARGININE; HUMANS; LATHYRISM; LATHYRUS; METABOLIC DETOXICATION, DRUG;

LATHYRUS SATIVUS; PISUM SATIVUM;

EID: 79551584317     PISSN: 02786915     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.fct.2010.06.054     Document Type: Article

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