"Nitroarginine" is a descriptor in the National Library of Medicine's controlled vocabulary thesaurus,
MeSH (Medical Subject Headings). Descriptors are arranged in a hierarchical structure,
which enables searching at various levels of specificity.
An inhibitor of nitric oxide synthetase which has been shown to prevent glutamate toxicity. Nitroarginine has been experimentally tested for its ability to prevent ammonia toxicity and ammonia-induced alterations in brain energy and ammonia metabolites. (Neurochem Res 1995:200(4):451-6)
| Descriptor ID |
D019335
|
| MeSH Number(s) |
D12.125.068.050.587 D12.125.095.104.587
|
| Concept/Terms |
Nitroarginine- Nitroarginine
- NOARG
- omega-Nitroarginine
- omega Nitroarginine
- NO2Arg
- NG-Nitro-L-Arginine
- NG Nitro L Arginine
- N(omega)-Nitroarginine
- NG-Nitroarginine
- NG Nitroarginine
- N(G)-Nitroarginine
- N omega-Nitro-L-Arginine
- N omega Nitro L Arginine
- omega-Nitro-L-Arginine, N
|
Below are MeSH descriptors whose meaning is more general than "Nitroarginine".
Below are MeSH descriptors whose meaning is more specific than "Nitroarginine".
This graph shows the total number of publications written about "Nitroarginine" by people in this website by year, and whether "Nitroarginine" was a major or minor topic of these publications.
![]()
To see the data from this visualization as text,
click here.
Below are the most recent publications written about "Nitroarginine" by people in Profiles.
-
Vargas HM, Cuevas JM, Ignarro LJ, Chaudhuri G. Comparison of the inhibitory potencies of N(G)-methyl-, N(G)-nitro- and N(G)-amino-L-arginine on EDRF function in the rat: evidence for continuous basal EDRF release. J Pharmacol Exp Ther. 1991 Jun; 257(3):1208-15.