Beneficial effects of dietary L-arginine supplementation to diabetic rats

Diabetic rats exhibit decrease in plasma arginine, NO synthesis and tetrahydrobiopterin in endothelial cells (EC). Treatment with L-arginine may be beneficial for enhancing NO synthesis in diseases associated with endothelial dysfunction. However, little is known about the mechanism responsible for...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Kohli, Ripla
Other Authors: Wu, Guoyao
Format: Others
Language:en_US
Published: Texas A&M University 2004
Subjects:
NO
Online Access:http://hdl.handle.net/1969.1/41