The inorganic anions nitrate (NO3−) and nitrite (NO2−) were previously thought to be inert
end products of endogenous nitric oxide (NO) metabolism. However, recent studies show …

Nitrate is generally considered a water pollutant and an undesirable fertilizer residue in the
food chain. Research in the 1970s indicated that, by reducing nitrate to nitrite, commensal …

The circulation of nitrogen in nature is a prerequisite for life on earth. In the nitrogen cycle
atmospheric nitrogen is fixated by bacteria into forms that can be utilized by plants and …

Consumer concern over the quality and safety of conventional food has intensified in recent
years, and primarily drives the increasing demand for organically grown food, which is …

Throughout the human gastrointestinal tract a variety of reactive nitrogen oxides are
continuously formed as a result of a complex interplay between the host, commensal …

Recently, it has been suggested that the supposedly inert nitrite anion is reduced in vivo to
form bioactive nitric oxide with physiological and therapeutic implications in the …

Salivary nitrate from dietary or endogenous sources is reduced to nitrite by oral bacteria. In
the acidic stomach, nitrite is further reduced to NO and related compounds, which have …

Background: Stress induced increase in colonic paracellular permeability results from
epithelial cell cytoskeleton contraction and is responsible for stress induced hypersensitivity …

Salivary nitrate from dietary or endogenous sources is reduced to nitrite by oral bacteria. In
the acidic stomach, nitrite is further reduced to bioactive nitrogen oxides, including nitric …

Over the past several years, investigators studying nitric oxide (NO) biology and metabolism
have come to learn that the one-electron oxidation product of NO, nitrite anion, serves as a …