Nitrite in saliva increases gastric mucosal blood flow and mucus thickness
J. Clin. Invest. Håkan Björne, et al. 113:106 doi:10.1172/JCI19019 [
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Figure 2Changes in mean gastric mucosal blood flow during 10 minutes after topical application of human saliva or sodium nitrite to the rat gastric mucosa at pH 2. Nitrite levels were 23 μM in the experiments with fasting saliva (
n = 5) and 1.1 mM after nitrate load (
n = 6). In both groups the response to 1 mM sodium nitrite (NaNO
2, pH 2) was also studied. *
P < 0.05 compared with baseline.
