What Is A Free Radical - Ústav lékařské chemie a biochemie

NO causes relaxation of smooth muscles in blood
vessel wall:
Reactive Nitrogen Species (RNS)
• Radicals:
– Nitric oxide, NO·
– Nitric dioxide, NO 2 ·
• Non-radicals:
– Nitrosonium, NO +
– Nitroxyl, NO –
– Nitrous acid, HNO 2
– Dinitrogen trioxide, N 2 O 3
– Dinitrogen tetraoxide, N 2 O 4
– Nitronium, NO 2
+
– Peroxynitrite, ONOO –
– Alkylperoxynitrite, ROONO
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