Biology of nitrogen oxides in the gastrointestinal tract

Gut

Volumn 62, Issue 4, 2013, Pages 616-629

  Lundberg, Jon O ^a   Weitzberg, Eddie ^a  

^a KAROLINSKA INSTITUTE   (Sweden)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARGININE; FATTY ACID DERIVATIVE; NITRATE; NITRIC OXIDE; NITRIC OXIDE SYNTHASE; NITRITE; NITROFATTY ACID; NITROGEN OXIDE; NITROSAMINE; NONSTEROID ANTIINFLAMMATORY AGENT; PROBIOTIC AGENT; REACTIVE NITROGEN SPECIES; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ANTIINFLAMMATORY ACTIVITY; ANTIOXIDANT ACTIVITY; ARTICLE; BIOCHEMISTRY; CELL PROTECTION; COLITIS; DIET THERAPY; DIETARY INTAKE; DIGESTIVE SYSTEM INJURY; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; ENTERITIS; ENZYME LOCALIZATION; GASTROINTESTINAL DISEASE; GASTROINTESTINAL TRACT; HELICOBACTER INFECTION; HUMAN; INTESTINAL SECRETION; INTESTINE BLOOD FLOW; INTESTINE FLORA; INTESTINE MOTILITY; NITROSATION; NONHUMAN; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; STOMACH CANCER; STOMACH MUCUS; STOMACH PROTECTION; TISSUE DISTRIBUTION;

DIET; FREE RADICALS; GASTROINTESTINAL TRACT; HUMANS; NITROGEN OXIDES; STOMACH NEOPLASMS;

EID: 84874662091     PISSN: 00175749     EISSN: 14683288     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/gutjnl-2011-301649     Document Type: Article

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