Growing evidence suggests that nitrite, acting via reduction to nitric oxide by deoxyhemoglobin, may play an important role in local control of blood flow during hypoxia. To investigate the effect of hypoxia (65 Torr arterial Po(2)) on the kinetic properties of nitrite, a bolus injection of sodium nitrite (10 mg/kg iv) was given to normoxic or hypoxic newborn lambs, and the time course of plasm...

Prostaglandin (PG) and nitric oxide (NO) have been known to inhibit the lesion formation induced by necrotic agents. However, no clear correlation between PG and NO has been shown in the gastroprotective action against necrotic agent-induced gastric mucosal lesions in rats. Thus, the present study was performed to clarify this correlation. Gastric mucosal lesions were induced by the oral admini...

A method for spectrophotometric determination of nitrite and nitrate is described. This method is based on the reduction of phosphomolybdic acid to phosphomolybdenum blue complex by sodium sulfide. The obtained phosphomolybdenum blue complex is oxidized by the addition of nitrite and this causes a reduction in intensity of the blue color. The absolute decrease in the absorbance of the blue colo...

Two experiments were conducted to determine the effects of sodium lactate on nitriteduring meat curing. In a model system, 8 reaction components were used to assess theeffect of each on metmyoglobin reducing activity by excluding one component at a time.Excluding lactate, nicotinamide adenine dinucleotide (NAD), L-lactate dehydrogenase(LDH) or phenazine methosulfate (PMS) re...

To understand the effects of physicochemical factors on nitrite transformation by microalgae, a lipid-rich Chlorella with high nitrite tolerance was cultured with 8 mmol/l sodium nitrite as sole nitrogen source under different conditions. The results showed that nitrite transformation was mainly dependent on the metabolic activities of algal cells rather than oxidation of nitrite by dissolved o...

Aryl-substituted olefins react with t-butyl nitrite and sodium borohydride in the presence of iron(ii)phthalocyanine to give oximes in moderate to high yields.

A simple and efficient one-pot method for the preparation of aromatic iodides has been developed by sequential diazotization–iodination of aromatic amines employing sodium nitrite and sodium iodide in the presence of acidic ionic liquid N-methyl-2-pyrrolidonum hydrosulfate ([H-NMP]HSO4). The diazonium salts that are formed by this ionic liquid are stable at room temperature and r...

Nitric oxide synthesized by inducible nitric oxide synthase (iNOS) has been implicated as a mediator of inflammation in rheumatic and autoimmune diseases. We report that exposure of lipopolysaccharide-stimulated murine macrophages to therapeutic concentrations of aspirin (IC50 = 3 mM) and hydrocortisone (IC50 = 5 microM) inhibited the expression of iNOS and production of nitrite. In contrast, s...

Case. We report a case of severe methemoglobinemia due to sodium nitrite poisoning. A 28-year-old man was brought to our emergency department because of transient loss of consciousness and cyanosis. He was immediately intubated and ventilated with 100% oxygen. A blood test revealed a methemoglobin level of 92.5%. Outcome. We treated the patient with gastric lavage, activated charcoal, and methy...