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Piper Sarmentosum Increases Nitric Oxide Production in Oxidative Stress: A Study on Human Umbilical Vein Endothelial Cells

OBJECTIVE: Nitric oxide produced by endothelial nitric oxide synthase (eNOS) possesses multiple anti-atherosclerotic properties. Hence, enhanced expression of eNOS and increased Nitric oxide levels may protect against the development of atherosclerosis. Piper sarmentosum is a tropical plant with ant...

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Autores principales: Ugusman, Azizah, Zakaria, Zaiton, Hui, Chua Kien, Nordin, Nor Anita Megat Mohd
Formato: Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Hospital das Clínicas da Faculdade de Medicina da Universidade de São Paulo 2010
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC2910860/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/20668629
http://dx.doi.org/10.1590/S1807-59322010000700010