L-Arginine and its metabolites in kidney and cardiovascular disease

Amino Acids

Volumn 46, Issue 10, 2014, Pages 2271-2286

  Popolo, Ada ^a   Adesso, Simona ^a   Pinto, Aldo ^a   Autore, Giuseppina ^a   Marzocco, Stefania ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SALERNO   (Italy)

Author keywords

Arginine; Arginine metabolites; Cardiovascular disease; Kidney disease

Indexed keywords

2 METHYLORNITHINE; AGMATINE; ARGINASE; ARGININE; ARGININE DECARBOXYLASE; CITRULLINE; CREATINE; EFLORNITHINE; GLYCINE AMIDINOTRANSFERASE; GUANIDINE; GUANIDINE DERIVATIVE; INDUCIBLE NITRIC OXIDE SYNTHASE; N(G),N(G) DIMETHYLARGININE; NEURONAL NITRIC OXIDE SYNTHASE; NITRIC OXIDE; NITRIC OXIDE SYNTHASE; ORNITHINE; ORNITHINE DECARBOXYLASE; PUTRESCINE; REACTIVE OXYGEN METABOLITE; SPERMIDINE; SPERMINE; UREA; BIOLOGICAL MARKER; CARBOXYLYASE; ISOENZYME;

AMINO ACID METABOLISM; ATHEROSCLEROSIS; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASE; DIET SUPPLEMENTATION; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; DISEASE COURSE; ENDOTHELIAL DYSFUNCTION; ENZYME INHIBITION; FOOD COMPOSITION; HEART VENTRICLE HYPERTROPHY; HUMAN; HYPERTENSION; KIDNEY DISEASE; NONHUMAN; OXIDATIVE STRESS; PATHOGENESIS; REVIEW; SYSTEMATIC REVIEW; ANALOGS AND DERIVATIVES; ANIMAL; BIOLOGICAL MODEL; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASES; ENZYMOLOGY; EVIDENCE BASED MEDICINE; KIDNEY; METABOLISM; VASCULAR ENDOTHELIUM;

ANIMALS; ARGINASE; ARGININE; BIOLOGICAL MARKERS; CARBOXY-LYASES; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASES; DIETARY SUPPLEMENTS; ENDOTHELIUM, VASCULAR; EVIDENCE-BASED MEDICINE; HUMANS; ISOENZYMES; KIDNEY; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; NITRIC OXIDE SYNTHASE;

EID: 84919924744     PISSN: 09394451     EISSN: 14382199     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00726-014-1825-9     Document Type: Review

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