The aqueous garlic, onion and leek extracts release nitric oxide from S-nitrosoglutathione and prolong relaxation of aortic rings

General Physiology and Biophysics

Volumn 30, Issue 4, 2011, Pages 396-402

  Grman, Marian ^a,b   Misak, Anton ^b   Cacanyiova, Sona ^c   Kristek, Frantisek ^c   Tomaskova, Zuzana ^b   Bertova, Anna ^b   Ondrias, Karol ^b,c  

^a Faculty of Natural Sciences   (Slovakia)

^b INSTITUTE OF MOLECULAR PHYSIOLOGY AND GENETICS   (Slovakia)

^c INSTITUTE OF CHEMISTRY   (Slovakia)

Author keywords

Aorta relaxation; Chloride channels; Cysteine; Garlic; Nitric oxide

Indexed keywords

ACETYLCYSTEINE; CHLORIDE CHANNEL; CYSTEINE; GARLIC EXTRACT; GLUTATHIONE; LEEK EXTRACT; NITRIC OXIDE; ONION EXTRACT; PLANT EXTRACT; S NITROSOGLUTATHIONE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; AORTA CONSTRICTION; ARTICLE; BILAYER MEMBRANE; CELL LEVEL; NONHUMAN; OXIDATION; PH; RAT; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; VASCULAR RING; VASODILATATION;

ANIMALS; AORTA; CHLORIDE CHANNELS; CYSTEINE; ENDOTHELIUM, VASCULAR; GARLIC; GLUTATHIONE; GLUTATHIONE DISULFIDE; LIPID BILAYERS; MALE; NITRIC OXIDE; NOREPINEPHRINE; ONIONS; PLANT EXTRACTS; RATS; RATS, WISTAR; S-NITROSOGLUTATHIONE;

EID: 83155193082     PISSN: 02315882     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4149/gpb_2011_04_396     Document Type: Article

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