Abstract
Nitric oxide is synthesized by constitutive oxide nitric synthase from the guanidine group of L-arginine. L-arginine, oxoborolidinone of L-arginine, nitrite and nitrate showed dose-dependent hypotensive effects after injection via the femoral vein in Wistar rats. The hypotensive effects were shifted to the right after treatment with methylene blue, which is a synthetic phenothiazine inhibitor of guanylate cyclase. Oxoborolidinone of L-arginine had high hypotensive effects with an effective half dose of 10 ηmoles kg-1 and of μmoles kg-1 for methylene blue. Methylene blue also attenuated the toxic effects of all the tested compounds.
Translated title of the contribution | Toxicity and hypotensor effect of oxoborolidinona of L-arginine and its modulation by methylene blue as compared to L-arginine |
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Original language | Spanish |
Pages (from-to) | 193-198 |
Number of pages | 6 |
Journal | Archivos de Cardiologia de Mexico |
Volume | 71 |
Issue number | 3 |
State | Published - 2001 |