Experiments were performed to establish a procedure for in vivo measurement of nitrite utilization by leaf tissue of bean (Phaseolus vulgaris L. cv. Top Crop).To measure light-dependent nitrite disappearance, a single disc of leaf tissue was exposed to light for 1 hour at 30 C while immersed in incubation medium (approximately 0.11 milliliter per square centimeter of leaf area) in the bottom of...

Background—Nitrite can be converted to nitric oxide (NO) by a number of different biochemical pathways. In newborn lambs, an aerosol of inhaled nitrite has been found to reduce pulmonary blood pressure, possibly acting via conversion to NO by reaction with intraerythrocytic deoxyhemoglobin. If so, the vasodilating effects of nitrite would be attenuated by free hemoglobin in plasma that would ra...

in april, 2013, a suzhou hospital reported a nitrite intoxication patient in coma as well as 2 family members with the similar symptom 5 days ahead. we investigated the event to identify the cause, source and possible pollution ways of the contamination.we defined case as any person living in yshy community who has cyanosis and with at least one of the following symptoms: dizziness, headache, f...

angiotensin-ii is a multifunctional hormone that regulates blood pressure, plasma volume, neuronal functions, electrolyte balance, thrust and various other vital mechanisms. it acts through its receptors at 1 and at 2 . the involvement of angiotensin-ii and its receptors in cognition is still ambiguous. therefore, the present study was designed to investigate the effect of angiotensin-ii (2 μg/...

During anaerobic nitrate respiration Bacillus subtilis reduces nitrate via nitrite to ammonia. No denitrification products were observed. B. subtilis wild-type cells and a nitrate reductase mutant grew anaerobically with nitrite as an electron acceptor. Oxygen-sensitive dissimilatory nitrite reductase activity was demonstrated in cell extracts prepared from both strains with benzyl viologen as ...

Severely Ca-deficient Triticum aestivum L. seedlings accumulated high levels of nitrite and moderate levels of nitrate and organic nitrogen, but contained unaltered levels of hydroxylamine. Nitrite accumulation was not related to molybdenum deficiency, or altered cellular pH. Nitrate reductase was decreased by Ca deficiency, apparently by repression of enzyme synthesis from accumulated nitrite ...

Upregulation of xanthine oxidoreductase (XOR) increases vascular reactive oxygen species (ROS) levels and contributes to nitroso-redox imbalance. However, XOR can generate nitric oxide (NO) from nitrite, and increased superoxide could inactivate NO formed from nitrite. This study tested the hypothesis that XOR contributes to the cardiovascular effects of nitrite in renovascular hypertension, an...

RECENT EXPERIMENTAL EVIDENCE suggests that the anion nitrite represents an important storage form of nitric oxide (NO) that subsequently regulates a number of very important physiological activities (2–5, 10). This is a radical concept because nitrite was largely considered to be a biologically inert breakdown product of NO that served no physiological purpose. In fact, circulating nitrite leve...