Measurement of in vivo nitric oxide synthesis in humans using stable isotopic methods: A systematic review

Free Radical Biology and Medicine

Volumn 51, Issue 4, 2011, Pages 795-804

  Siervo, M ^a   Stephan, B C M ^b   Feelisch, M ^c   Bluck, L J C ^a  

^a MRC HUMAN NUTRITION RESEARCH   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY OF WARWICK   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Free radicals; Measurement protocols; Nitric oxide; Stable isotope tracers; Systematic review

Indexed keywords

ARGININE; CITRULLINE; NITRATE; NITRIC OXIDE; OXYGEN;

ACUTE DISEASE; ANALYSIS; ARGININE CITRULLINE PROTOCOL; ARGININE NITRATE PROTOCOL; CHRONIC DISEASE; CONCENTRATION (PARAMETERS); ETIOLOGY; HUMAN; IN VIVO STUDY; INFLAMMATORY DISEASE; INFORMATION RETRIEVAL; MEASUREMENT; MEDLINE; METABOLIC DISORDER; METABOLISM; OXYGEN NITRATE PROTOCOL; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PULMONARY HYPERTENSION; REVIEW; STABLE ISOTOPIC METHOD; SYNTHESIS; SYSTEMATIC REVIEW; VASCULAR DISEASE;

AGE FACTORS; ARGININE; ARTERIES; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASES; CITRULLINE; CLINICAL LABORATORY TECHNIQUES; HUMANS; NITRATES; NITRIC OXIDE; OXYGEN; RADIOISOTOPES; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; VASODILATION;

EID: 79960939537     PISSN: 08915849     EISSN: 18734596     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.freeradbiomed.2011.05.032     Document Type: Review

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