Pharmacology and therapeutic role of inorganic nitrite and nitrate in vasodilatation.

Nitrite has emerged as an important bioactive molecule that can be biotransformed to nitric oxide (NO) related metabolites in normoxia and reduced to NO under hypoxic and acidic conditions to exert vasodilatory effects and confer a variety of other benefits to the cardiovascular system. Abundant res...

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Main Authors: Bailey, J.C (Author), Feelisch, M. (Author), Horowitz, J.D (Author), Frenneaux, M.P (Author), Madhani, M. (Author)
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: 2014-06-30.
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