date:Jun 17, 2014
organic nitrogen from basic amino acids like arginin. The efficiency of the NO conversion varies with age and health status.
2. Intake of inorganic nitrogen (mainly provided by nitrates). It has been highlighted in recent years that this mechanism is more direct and corresponds to the conversion of nitrates and nitrites to an exogenous source of NO.
Effects of nitric oxide
Mechanistically, the effects of nitrate and its reaction products seem to target the mitochondria and allow modulation of