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Physiological role for nitrate-reducing oral bacteria in blood pressure control

Circulating nitrate (NO(3)(−)), derived from dietary sources or endogenous nitric oxide production, is extracted from blood by the salivary glands, accumulates in saliva, and is then reduced to nitrite (NO(2)(−)) by the oral microflora. This process has historically been viewed as harmful, because n...

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Hauptverfasser: Kapil, Vikas, Haydar, Syed M.A., Pearl, Vanessa, Lundberg, Jon O., Weitzberg, Eddie, Ahluwalia, Amrita
Format: Artigo
Sprache:Inglês
Veröffentlicht: Elsevier Science 2013
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Online Zugang:https://ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3605573/
https://ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/23183324
https://ncbi.nlm.nih.govhttp://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.freeradbiomed.2012.11.013
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