| Literature DB >> 11997029 |
Umeo Takahama1, Takayuki Oniki, Hideaki Murata.
Abstract
Human saliva contained 4-hydroxyphenylacetic acid (HPA) (2-10 microM) and nitrite (60-300 microM). HPA was nitrated to 4-hydroxy-3-nitrophenylacetic acid (NO2HPA) when HPA and sodium nitrite were mixed at pH 1.0. NO2HPA was also formed when saliva was incubated under acidic conditions. These results suggest that salivary HPA is nitrated to NO2HPA when saliva is swallowed into the stomach.Entities:
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Year: 2002 PMID: 11997029 DOI: 10.1016/s0014-5793(02)02659-5
Source DB: PubMed Journal: FEBS Lett ISSN: 0014-5793 Impact factor: 4.124