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Direct in situ measurement of nitric oxide in mesenteric resistance arteries. Increased decomposition by superoxide in hypertension.
Hypertension (Dallas, Tex. : 1979) - 1 Jan 1996
Tschudi M R, Mesaros S, Lüscher T F, Malinski T
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The endothelium plays a critical role in maintaining vascular tone by releasing vasoconstrictor and vasodilator substances. Endothelium-derived nitric oxide is a vasodilator that can be rapidly inactivated by superoxide (reaction rate constant, K = 3.6 x 10(9) L/mol per second). The measurement of nitric oxide concentration in biological systems is a challenging analytic problem because nitric oxide is also...
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