Chronic oral administration of the arginase inhibitor 2(S)-amino-6-boronohexanoic Acid (ABH) improves erectile function in aged rats

Journal of Andrology

Volumn 33, Issue 6, 2012, Pages 1169-1175

  Segal, Robert ^a   Hannan, Johanna L ^a   Liu, Xiaopu ^a   Kutlu, Omer ^a   Burnett, Arthur L ^a   Champion, Hunter C ^b   Kim, Jae Hyung ^a   Steppan, Jochen ^a   Berkowitz, Dan E ^a   Bivalacqua, Trinity J ^a  

^a DEPARTMENT OF PATHOLOGY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF PITTSBURGH SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Aging; Erectile dysfunction; Nitric oxide; Penile erection

Indexed keywords

2 AMINO 6 BORONOHEXANOIC ACID; ARGINASE; ENZYME INHIBITOR; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

AGED; AGING; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ARTICLE; COHORT ANALYSIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORPUS CAVERNOSUM; DRUG ACTIVITY; ELECTROSTIMULATION; ENZYME ACTIVITY; ENZYME INHIBITION; ERECTILE DYSFUNCTION; IN VIVO STUDY; MALE; MEAN ARTERIAL PRESSURE; NERVE STIMULATION; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT;

ADMINISTRATION, ORAL; AGING; AMINOCAPROATES; ANIMALS; ARGINASE; BORON COMPOUNDS; ELECTRIC STIMULATION; ENZYME INHIBITORS; ERECTILE DYSFUNCTION; MALE; PENILE ERECTION; PENIS; RATS; RATS, INBRED F344;

EID: 84874432662     PISSN: 01963635     EISSN: 19394640     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2164/jandrol.111.015834     Document Type: Article

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