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Nitric Oxide, NO, an Intercellular Messenger
Author(s) -
Galla HansJoachim
Publication year - 1993
Publication title -
angewandte chemie international edition in english
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 5.831
H-Index - 550
eISSN - 1521-3773
pISSN - 0570-0833
DOI - 10.1002/anie.199303781
Subject(s) - nitric oxide , intracellular , peristalsis , chemistry , biochemistry , biophysics , biology , organic chemistry
Physiology, biochemistry, and analytical chemistry in the last few years have extensively studied NO, a colorless gas of relatively high stability, which, however, in physiological media has a lifetime of only a few seconds. According to new findings NO, which is formed, so to speak, from arginine in a short cut in the urea cycle, plays a very important role, for example, in the control of processes in the brain, of peristalsis in the intestine, and of erectile organs. Recently a specific sensor for the measurement of the NO content in blood vessels was described.