Table 1.

Several sources of nitric oxide and some of its effects.

Sources

  Natural substance in the body
  Drugs
  Car exhaust
  Cigarette smoke
  Fire

Effects

  Ozone depletion and earth warming
  Free radical interactions
  Numerous biological effects (both beneficial and deleterious):
    Angina
    Anti-bacterial
    Arthritis
    Blood pressure
    Diabetes
    Esophagitis
    Gene regulation
    Heart contraction
    Inflammation
    Memory
RMMJ Rambam Maimonides Medical Journal Rambam Health Care Campus 2011 April; 2(2): e0038. ISSN: 2076-9172
Published online 2011 April 30. doi: 10.5041/RMMJ.10038.