Nitrite in saliva increases gastric mucosal blood flow and mucus thickness
J. Clin. Invest. Håkan Björne, et al. 113:106 doi:10.1172/JCI19019 [Go to this article.]

Figure 7
Generation of NO (filled circles) and S-nitrosothiols (open circles) from saliva mixed with HCl to pH 5.5 or pH 2. Saliva was collected from healthy volunteers after ingestion of nitrate (0.1 mmol/kg); nitrite content was 0.9 mM. Data are expressed as mean ± SEM of three experiments.