Until recently the inorganic anions nitrate (NO 3 −) and nitrite (NO 2 −) were considered inert end products of nitric oxide (NO) metabolism and unfavorable dietary constituents.However, a new ...

Vennesland, B., and Westheimer, F. H., in “Mechanism of Enzyme Action”, edited by McElroy, W. D., and Glass, B., p. 357 (Johns Hopkins Univ. Press, 1954). Nason ...