Gastroprotective effects of salivary urate? A commentary on "Salivary uric acid at the acidic pH of the stomach is the principal defense against nitrite-derived reactive species: Sparing effects of chlorogenic acid and serum albumin"

Free Radic Biol Med. 2006 Dec 15;41(12):1747-9. doi: 10.1016/j.freeradbiomed.2006.10.050. Epub 2006 Nov 1.
No abstract available

Publication types

  • Comment

MeSH terms

  • Chlorogenic Acid / pharmacology
  • Gastric Juice / chemistry
  • Gastric Juice / physiology
  • Humans
  • Hydrogen-Ion Concentration
  • Nitrites / metabolism
  • Nitrites / pharmacology
  • Reactive Nitrogen Species / adverse effects
  • Reactive Nitrogen Species / metabolism
  • Saliva / chemistry*
  • Serum Albumin / pharmacology
  • Stomach / chemistry
  • Stomach / drug effects*
  • Stomach Diseases / prevention & control*
  • Uric Acid / analysis
  • Uric Acid / pharmacology*

Substances

  • Nitrites
  • Reactive Nitrogen Species
  • Serum Albumin
  • Uric Acid
  • Chlorogenic Acid