Relationship between circulating levels of nitrates and steroid in patients admitted to coronary care unit.

• Other Authors: Chong, Lung-wun.
• Format: Others
• Language: English; Chinese
• Published: 2002
• Subjects: Angina Pectoris > drug therapy; Nitrates > therapeutic use; Nitric Oxide > therapeutic use; Testosterone > therapeutic use
• Online Access: http://library.cuhk.edu.hk/record=b5890995; http://repository.lib.cuhk.edu.hk/en/item/cuhk-323708

Chong Lung-wun. === Thesis (M.Sc.)--Chinese University of Hong Kong, 2002. === Includes bibliographical references (leaves 49-58). === Abstracts in English and Chinese. === Acknowledgement --- p.1 === Contents --- p.2 === Abstract --- p.4 === Chapter I. --- Introduction --- p.6 === Chapter 1. --- Nitrate therapy for angina patients --- p.7 === Chapter 1.1 --- The mode of action of nitrates --- p.8 === Chapter 1.2 --- Hypotheses for the nitrate tolerance --- p.9 === Chapter 1.2.1 --- The Sulfhydryl depletion hypothesis --- p.9 === Chapter 1.2.2 --- Neurohormonal hypothesis --- p.10 === Chapter 1.2.3 --- Plasma volumc expansion hypothesis --- p.10 === Chapter 1.2.4 --- Free-radical hypothesis --- p.11 === Chapter 2. --- Testosterone therapy for angina patients --- p.12 === Chapter 3. --- Nitric Oxide and Steroidogenesis --- p.13 === Chapter II. --- Materials and Methods --- p.14 === Chapter 1. --- Subjects --- p.14 === Chapter 2. --- Method for measuring nitrite and nitrate in plasma --- p.16 === Chapter 3. --- Method for the determination of total and free testosterone in blood --- p.24 === Chapter 3.1 --- Reagent preparation --- p.24 === Chapter 3.2 --- Assay procedure for total testosterone --- p.28 === Chapter 3.3 --- Assay procedure for free testosterone --- p.29 === Chapter 3.4 --- Determination of working antiserum for free testosterone assay --- p.30 === Chapter 4. --- Method for the determination of serum Cortisol --- p.31 === Chapter III. --- Result --- p.33 === Chapter 1. --- Summary of nitric oxide assay performance --- p.33 === Chapter 2. --- Summary of total testosterone assay performance --- p.34 === Chapter 3. --- Summary of free testosterone assay performance --- p.34 === Chapter 4. --- Data analysis --- p.35 === Chapter IV. --- Discussion --- p.43 === Chapter V. --- Conclusion --- p.47 === Chapter VI. --- References --- p.49