Table of Contents
108 relations: Acetone, Acetyl group, Acid rain, Addition reaction, Air pollution, Aldol reaction, Alkoxide, Ammonia, Arginine, Autocrine signaling, Birkeland–Eyde process, Blood vessel, Breakthrough of the Year, Bromine, By-product, Catalysis, Catalytic converter, Cell signaling, CGMP-specific phosphodiesterase type 5, Chemical formula, Chemical industry, Chemiluminescence, Chlorine, Copper, Corpus cavernosum penis, Cyclic guanosine monophosphate, Diatomic molecule, Dimerization (chemistry), Dinitrogen dioxide, Dinitrogen pentoxide, Dinitrogen tetroxide, Dinitrogen trioxide, Dithiocarbamate, Electrochemistry, Electron paramagnetic resonance, Endothelium, Endothelium-derived relaxing factor, Endothermic process, Enolate, Enzyme, Equivalent (chemistry), Fluorine, Fluorophore, Gaseous signaling molecules, General anaesthetic, Guanylate cyclase, Haloform reaction, Heme, Heteronuclear molecule, Hour, ... Expand index (58 more) »
- Diatomic molecules
- Gaseous signaling molecules
- Mitochondrial toxins
- Nitrogen oxides
Acetone
Acetone (2-propanone or dimethyl ketone) is an organic compound with the formula. Nitric oxide and Acetone are GABAA receptor positive allosteric modulators.
Acetyl group
In organic chemistry, acetyl is a functional group with the chemical formula and the structure.
See Nitric oxide and Acetyl group
Acid rain
Acid rain is rain or any other form of precipitation that is unusually acidic, meaning that it has elevated levels of hydrogen ions (low pH).
See Nitric oxide and Acid rain
Addition reaction
In organic chemistry, an addition reaction is an organic reaction in which two or more molecules combine to form a larger molecule called the adduct.
See Nitric oxide and Addition reaction
Air pollution
Air pollution is the contamination of air due to the presence of substances called pollutants in the atmosphere that are harmful to the health of humans and other living beings, or cause damage to the climate or to materials.
See Nitric oxide and Air pollution
Aldol reaction
The aldol reaction (aldol addition) is a reaction in organic chemistry that combines two carbonyl compounds (e.g. aldehydes or ketones) to form a new β-hydroxy carbonyl compound.
See Nitric oxide and Aldol reaction
Alkoxide
In chemistry, an alkoxide is the conjugate base of an alcohol and therefore consists of an organic group bonded to a negatively charged oxygen atom.
Ammonia
Ammonia is an inorganic chemical compound of nitrogen and hydrogen with the formula. Nitric oxide and Ammonia are gaseous signaling molecules and nitrogen cycle.
Arginine
Arginine is the amino acid with the formula (H2N)(HN)CN(H)(CH2)3CH(NH2)CO2H.
Autocrine signaling
Autocrine signaling is a form of cell signaling in which a cell secretes a hormone or chemical messenger (called the autocrine agent) that binds to autocrine receptors on that same cell, leading to changes in the cell.
See Nitric oxide and Autocrine signaling
Birkeland–Eyde process
The Birkeland–Eyde process was one of the competing industrial processes in the beginning of nitrogen-based fertilizer production.
See Nitric oxide and Birkeland–Eyde process
Blood vessel
Blood vessels are the structures of the circulatory system that transport blood throughout the human body.
See Nitric oxide and Blood vessel
Breakthrough of the Year
The Breakthrough of the Year is an annual award for the most significant development in scientific research made by the AAAS journal Science, an academic journal covering all branches of science.
See Nitric oxide and Breakthrough of the Year
Bromine
Bromine is a chemical element; it has symbol Br and atomic number 35.
By-product
A by-product or byproduct is a secondary product derived from a production process, manufacturing process or chemical reaction; it is not the primary product or service being produced.
See Nitric oxide and By-product
Catalysis
Catalysis is the increase in rate of a chemical reaction due to an added substance known as a catalyst.
See Nitric oxide and Catalysis
Catalytic converter
A catalytic converter is an exhaust emission control device which converts toxic gases and pollutants in exhaust gas from an internal combustion engine into less-toxic pollutants by catalyzing a redox reaction.
See Nitric oxide and Catalytic converter
Cell signaling
In biology, cell signaling (cell signalling in British English) is the process by which a cell interacts with itself, other cells, and the environment.
See Nitric oxide and Cell signaling
CGMP-specific phosphodiesterase type 5
Cyclic guanosine monophosphate-specific phosphodiesterase type 5 is an enzyme from the phosphodiesterase class.
See Nitric oxide and CGMP-specific phosphodiesterase type 5
Chemical formula
A chemical formula is a way of presenting information about the chemical proportions of atoms that constitute a particular chemical compound or molecule, using chemical element symbols, numbers, and sometimes also other symbols, such as parentheses, dashes, brackets, commas and plus (+) and minus (−) signs.
See Nitric oxide and Chemical formula
Chemical industry
The chemical industry comprises the companies and other organizations that develop and produce industrial, specialty and other chemicals.
See Nitric oxide and Chemical industry
Chemiluminescence
Chemiluminescence (also chemoluminescence) is the emission of light (luminescence) as the result of a chemical reaction, i.e. a chemical reaction results in a flash or glow of light.
See Nitric oxide and Chemiluminescence
Chlorine
Chlorine is a chemical element; it has symbol Cl and atomic number 17.
Copper
Copper is a chemical element; it has symbol Cu and atomic number 29.
Corpus cavernosum penis
A corpus cavernosum penis (singular) (literally "porous body" of the penis,: corpora cavernosa) is one of a pair of sponge-like regions of erectile tissue, which contain most of the blood in the penis during an erection.
See Nitric oxide and Corpus cavernosum penis
Cyclic guanosine monophosphate
Cyclic guanosine monophosphate (cGMP) is a cyclic nucleotide derived from guanosine triphosphate (GTP).
See Nitric oxide and Cyclic guanosine monophosphate
Diatomic molecule
Diatomic molecules are molecules composed of only two atoms, of the same or different chemical elements. Nitric oxide and Diatomic molecule are Diatomic molecules.
See Nitric oxide and Diatomic molecule
Dimerization (chemistry)
In chemistry, dimerization is the process of joining two identical or similar molecular entities by bonds.
See Nitric oxide and Dimerization (chemistry)
Dinitrogen dioxide
Dinitrogen dioxide is an inorganic compound having molecular formula. Nitric oxide and Dinitrogen dioxide are nitrogen oxides.
See Nitric oxide and Dinitrogen dioxide
Dinitrogen pentoxide
Dinitrogen pentoxide (also known as nitrogen pentoxide or nitric anhydride) is the chemical compound with the formula. Nitric oxide and Dinitrogen pentoxide are nitrogen oxides.
See Nitric oxide and Dinitrogen pentoxide
Dinitrogen tetroxide
Dinitrogen tetroxide, commonly referred to as nitrogen tetroxide (NTO), and occasionally (usually among ex-USSR/Russian rocket engineers) as amyl, is the chemical compound N2O4. Nitric oxide and Dinitrogen tetroxide are nitrogen oxides.
See Nitric oxide and Dinitrogen tetroxide
Dinitrogen trioxide
Dinitrogen trioxide (also known as nitrous anhydride) is the inorganic compound with the formula. Nitric oxide and Dinitrogen trioxide are nitrogen oxides.
See Nitric oxide and Dinitrogen trioxide
Dithiocarbamate
In organic chemistry, a dithiocarbamate is a functional group with the general formula and structure.
See Nitric oxide and Dithiocarbamate
Electrochemistry
Electrochemistry is the branch of physical chemistry concerned with the relationship between electrical potential difference and identifiable chemical change.
See Nitric oxide and Electrochemistry
Electron paramagnetic resonance
Electron paramagnetic resonance (EPR) or electron spin resonance (ESR) spectroscopy is a method for studying materials that have unpaired electrons.
See Nitric oxide and Electron paramagnetic resonance
Endothelium
The endothelium (endothelia) is a single layer of squamous endothelial cells that line the interior surface of blood vessels and lymphatic vessels.
See Nitric oxide and Endothelium
Endothelium-derived relaxing factor
The Endothelium-derived relaxing factor (EDRF) is a strong vasodilator produced by cardiac endothelial cells in response to stress signals such as high levels of ADP accumulation or hypoxia. Nitric oxide and Endothelium-derived relaxing factor are nitrogen cycle.
See Nitric oxide and Endothelium-derived relaxing factor
Endothermic process
An endothermic process is a chemical or physical process that absorbs heat from its surroundings.
See Nitric oxide and Endothermic process
Enolate
In organic chemistry, enolates are organic anions derived from the deprotonation of carbonyl compounds.
Enzyme
Enzymes are proteins that act as biological catalysts by accelerating chemical reactions.
Equivalent (chemistry)
An equivalent (symbol: officially equiv; unofficially but often Eq) is the amount of a substance that reacts with (or is equivalent to) an arbitrary amount (typically one mole) of another substance in a given chemical reaction.
See Nitric oxide and Equivalent (chemistry)
Fluorine
Fluorine is a chemical element; it has symbol F and atomic number 9.
Fluorophore
A fluorophore (or fluorochrome, similarly to a chromophore) is a fluorescent chemical compound that can re-emit light upon light excitation.
See Nitric oxide and Fluorophore
Gaseous signaling molecules
Gaseous signaling molecules are gaseous molecules that are either synthesized internally (endogenously) in the organism, tissue or cell or are received by the organism, tissue or cell from outside (say, from the atmosphere or hydrosphere, as in the case of oxygen) and that are used to transmit chemical signals which induce certain physiological or biochemical changes in the organism, tissue or cell.
See Nitric oxide and Gaseous signaling molecules
General anaesthetic
General anaesthetics (or anesthetics) are often defined as compounds that induce a loss of consciousness in humans or loss of righting reflex in animals.
See Nitric oxide and General anaesthetic
Guanylate cyclase
Guanylate cyclase (EC 4.6.1.2, also known as guanyl cyclase, guanylyl cyclase, or GC; systematic name GTP diphosphate-lyase (cyclizing; 3′,5′-cyclic-GMP-forming)) is a lyase enzyme that converts guanosine triphosphate (GTP) to cyclic guanosine monophosphate (cGMP) and pyrophosphate: It is often part of the G protein signaling cascade that is activated by low intracellular calcium levels and inhibited by high intracellular calcium levels.
See Nitric oxide and Guanylate cyclase
Haloform reaction
In chemistry, the haloform reaction is a chemical reaction in which a haloform (where X is a halogen) is produced by the exhaustive halogenation of an acetyl group (where R can be either a hydrogen atom, an alkyl or an aryl group), in the presence of a base.
See Nitric oxide and Haloform reaction
Heme
Heme (American English), or haem (Commonwealth English, both pronounced /hi:m/), is a ring-shaped iron-containing molecular component of hemoglobin, which is necessary to bind oxygen in the bloodstream.
Heteronuclear molecule
A heteronuclear molecule is a molecule composed of atoms of more than one chemical element.
See Nitric oxide and Heteronuclear molecule
Hour
An hour (symbol: h; also abbreviated hr) is a unit of time historically reckoned as of a day and defined contemporarily as exactly 3,600 seconds (SI).
Hydrogen sulfide
Hydrogen sulfide is a chemical compound with the formula. Nitric oxide and Hydrogen sulfide are gaseous signaling molecules.
See Nitric oxide and Hydrogen sulfide
Hydroperoxyl
The hydroperoxyl radical, also known as the hydrogen superoxide, is the protonated form of superoxide with the chemical formula HO2, also written HOO•.
See Nitric oxide and Hydroperoxyl
Hydroxyl radical
The hydroxyl radical, •HO, is the neutral form of the hydroxide ion (HO–).
See Nitric oxide and Hydroxyl radical
Hydroxylamine
Hydroxylamine (also known as hydroxyammonia) is an inorganic compound with the chemical formula.
See Nitric oxide and Hydroxylamine
Immediately dangerous to life or health
The term immediately dangerous to life or health (IDLH) is defined by the US National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health (NIOSH) as exposure to airborne contaminants that is "likely to cause death or immediate or delayed permanent adverse health effects or prevent escape from such an environment." Examples include smoke or other poisonous gases at sufficiently high concentrations.
See Nitric oxide and Immediately dangerous to life or health
Inhalation
Inhalation (or inspiration) happens when air or other gases enter the lungs.
See Nitric oxide and Inhalation
Light
Light, visible light, or visible radiation is electromagnetic radiation that can be perceived by the human eye.
Locant
In the nomenclature of organic chemistry, a locant is a term to indicate the position of a functional group or substituent within a molecule.
Metal nitrosyl complex
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See Nitric oxide and Metal nitrosyl complex
Methyl acetate
Methyl acetate, also known as MeOAc, acetic acid methyl ester or methyl ethanoate, is a carboxylate ester with the formula CH3COOCH3.
See Nitric oxide and Methyl acetate
Minute
Minute is a unit of time defined as equal to 60 seconds.
Moiety (chemistry)
In organic chemistry, a moiety is a part of a molecule that is given a name because it is identified as a part of other molecules as well.
See Nitric oxide and Moiety (chemistry)
Molecular orbital theory
In chemistry, molecular orbital theory (MO theory or MOT) is a method for describing the electronic structure of molecules using quantum mechanics.
See Nitric oxide and Molecular orbital theory
Mouth breathing
Mouth breathing, medically known as chronic oral ventilation, is long-term breathing through the mouth.
See Nitric oxide and Mouth breathing
National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health
The National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health (NIOSH) is the United States federal agency responsible for conducting research and making recommendations for the prevention of work-related injury and illness.
See Nitric oxide and National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health
Nicotinamide adenine dinucleotide phosphate
Nicotinamide adenine dinucleotide phosphate, abbreviated NADP or, in older notation, TPN (triphosphopyridine nucleotide), is a cofactor used in anabolic reactions, such as the Calvin cycle and lipid and nucleic acid syntheses, which require NADPH as a reducing agent ('hydrogen source').
See Nitric oxide and Nicotinamide adenine dinucleotide phosphate
Nitric acid
Nitric acid is the inorganic compound with the formula.
See Nitric oxide and Nitric acid
Nitric oxide synthase
Nitric oxide synthases (NOSs) are a family of enzymes catalyzing the production of nitric oxide (NO) from L-arginine.
See Nitric oxide and Nitric oxide synthase
Nitrogen
Nitrogen is a chemical element; it has symbol N and atomic number 7. Nitric oxide and Nitrogen are GABAA receptor positive allosteric modulators.
Nitrogen dioxide
Nitrogen dioxide is a chemical compound with the formula. Nitric oxide and Nitrogen dioxide are nitrogen oxides.
See Nitric oxide and Nitrogen dioxide
Nitrogen oxide
Nitrogen oxide may refer to a binary compound of oxygen and nitrogen, or a mixture of such compounds. Nitric oxide and nitrogen oxide are nitrogen oxides.
See Nitric oxide and Nitrogen oxide
Nitrosyl chloride
Nitrosyl chloride is the chemical compound with the formula NOCl.
See Nitric oxide and Nitrosyl chloride
Nitrosylation
Nitrosylation is the general term for covalent incorporation of a nitric oxide (NO) moiety into another (usually organic) molecule. Nitric oxide and Nitrosylation are nitrogen cycle.
See Nitric oxide and Nitrosylation
Nitrous acid
Nitrous acid (molecular formula) is a weak and monoprotic acid known only in solution, in the gas phase, and in the form of nitrite salts. Nitric oxide and Nitrous acid are nitrogen cycle.
See Nitric oxide and Nitrous acid
Nitrous oxide
Nitrous oxide (dinitrogen oxide or dinitrogen monoxide), commonly known as laughing gas, nitrous, nitro, or nos, is a chemical compound, an oxide of nitrogen with the formula. Nitric oxide and nitrous oxide are GABAA receptor positive allosteric modulators, gaseous signaling molecules, NMDA receptor antagonists, nitrogen cycle and nitrogen oxides.
See Nitric oxide and Nitrous oxide
Nitroxyl
Nitroxyl (common name) or azanone (IUPAC name) is the chemical compound HNO.
NONOate
In chemistry, a NONOate is a compound having the chemical formula R1R2N−(NO−)−N.
Occupational Safety and Health Administration
The Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) is a regulatory agency of the United States Department of Labor that originally had federal visitorial powers to inspect and examine workplaces.
See Nitric oxide and Occupational Safety and Health Administration
Ostwald process
The Ostwald process is a chemical process used for making nitric acid (HNO3).
See Nitric oxide and Ostwald process
Oxygen
Oxygen is a chemical element; it has symbol O and atomic number 8.
Ozone
Ozone (or trioxygen) is an inorganic molecule with the chemical formula.
Ozone depletion
Ozone depletion consists of two related events observed since the late 1970s: a steady lowering of about four percent in the total amount of ozone in Earth's atmosphere, and a much larger springtime decrease in stratospheric ozone (the ozone layer) around Earth's polar regions.
See Nitric oxide and Ozone depletion
Paracrine signaling
In cellular biology, paracrine signaling is a form of cell signaling, a type of cellular communication in which a cell produces a signal to induce changes in nearby cells, altering the behaviour of those cells.
See Nitric oxide and Paracrine signaling
Permissible exposure limit
The permissible exposure limit (PEL or OSHA PEL) is a legal limit in the United States for exposure of an employee to a chemical substance or physical agent such as high level noise.
See Nitric oxide and Permissible exposure limit
Photodetector
Photodetectors, also called photosensors, are sensors of light or other electromagnetic radiation.
See Nitric oxide and Photodetector
Platinum
Platinum is a chemical element; it has symbol Pt and atomic number 78.
Point group
In geometry, a point group is a mathematical group of symmetry operations (isometries in a Euclidean space) that have a fixed point in common.
See Nitric oxide and Point group
Potassium nitrite
Potassium nitrite (distinct from potassium nitrate) is the inorganic compound with the chemical formula.
See Nitric oxide and Potassium nitrite
Prodrug
A prodrug is a pharmacologically inactive medication or compound that, after intake, is metabolized (i.e., converted within the body) into a pharmacologically active drug.
Radical (chemistry)
In chemistry, a radical, also known as a free radical, is an atom, molecule, or ion that has at least one unpaired valence electron.
See Nitric oxide and Radical (chemistry)
Reaction intermediate
In chemistry, a reaction intermediate, or intermediate, is a molecular entity arising within the sequence of a stepwise chemical reaction.
See Nitric oxide and Reaction intermediate
Recommended exposure limit
A recommended exposure limit (REL) is an occupational exposure limit that has been recommended by the United States National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health.
See Nitric oxide and Recommended exposure limit
Redox
Redox (reduction–oxidation or oxidation–reduction) is a type of chemical reaction in which the oxidation states of the reactants change.
Respiratory system
The respiratory system (also respiratory apparatus, ventilatory system) is a biological system consisting of specific organs and structures used for gas exchange in animals and plants.
See Nitric oxide and Respiratory system
Shortness of breath
Shortness of breath (SOB), known as dyspnea (in AmE) or dyspnoea (in BrE), is an uncomfortable feeling of not being able to breathe well enough.
See Nitric oxide and Shortness of breath
Signal transduction
Signal transduction is the process by which a chemical or physical signal is transmitted through a cell as a series of molecular events.
See Nitric oxide and Signal transduction
Sildenafil
Sildenafil, sold under the brand name Viagra, among others, is a medication used to treat erectile dysfunction and pulmonary arterial hypertension.
See Nitric oxide and Sildenafil
Smooth muscle
Smooth (soft) muscle is one of the three major types of vertebrate muscle tissue, the other being skeletal and cardiac muscle.
See Nitric oxide and Smooth muscle
Sodium formate
Sodium formate, HCOONa, is the sodium salt of formic acid, HCOOH.
See Nitric oxide and Sodium formate
Sodium methoxide
Sodium methoxide is the simplest sodium alkoxide.
See Nitric oxide and Sodium methoxide
Sodium nitrite
Sodium nitrite is an inorganic compound with the chemical formula. Nitric oxide and Sodium nitrite are Orphan drugs.
See Nitric oxide and Sodium nitrite
Spin trapping
Spin trapping is an analytical technique employed in chemistry and biology for the detection and identification of short-lived free radicals through the use of electron paramagnetic resonance (EPR) spectroscopy.
See Nitric oxide and Spin trapping
Stoichiometry
Stoichiometry is the relationship between the weights of reactants and products before, during, and following chemical reactions.
See Nitric oxide and Stoichiometry
Sulfuric acid
Sulfuric acid (American spelling and the preferred IUPAC name) or sulphuric acid (Commonwealth spelling), known in antiquity as oil of vitriol, is a mineral acid composed of the elements sulfur, oxygen, and hydrogen, with the molecular formula.
See Nitric oxide and Sulfuric acid
Transition metal
In chemistry, a transition metal (or transition element) is a chemical element in the d-block of the periodic table (groups 3 to 12), though the elements of group 12 (and less often group 3) are sometimes excluded.
See Nitric oxide and Transition metal
Unpaired electron
In chemistry, an unpaired electron is an electron that occupies an orbital of an atom singly, rather than as part of an electron pair.
See Nitric oxide and Unpaired electron
Vasodilation
Vasodilation, also known as vasorelaxation, is the widening of blood vessels.
See Nitric oxide and Vasodilation
Vertebrate
Vertebrates are deuterostomal animals with bony or cartilaginous axial endoskeleton — known as the vertebral column, spine or backbone — around and along the spinal cord, including all fish, amphibians, reptiles, birds and mammals.
See Nitric oxide and Vertebrate
See also
Diatomic molecules
- Astatine bromide
- Astatine iodide
- Boron monohydride
- Bromine monochloride
- Bromine monofluoride
- Bromine monoxide radical
- Carbon monoxide
- Chlorine monofluoride
- Diatomic molecule
- Hydrogen astatide
- Hydrogen bromide
- Hydrogen chloride
- Hydrogen fluoride
- Hydrogen halide
- Hydrogen iodide
- Imidogen
- Iodine monobromide
- Iodine monochloride
- Iodine monofluoride
- Iodine monoxide
- Nitric oxide
- Nitrogen monofluoride
- Oxygen monofluoride
- Sulfur mononitride
- Sulfur monoxide
Gaseous signaling molecules
- Ammonia
- Biological functions of hydrogen sulfide
- Biological functions of nitric oxide
- Carbon dioxide
- Carbon monoxide
- Carbon suboxide
- CooA
- Ethylene (plant hormone)
- Ethylene oxide
- Ethylene signaling pathway
- Gaseous signaling molecules
- Gasotransmitter
- Hydrogen
- Hydrogen cyanide
- Hydrogen sulfide
- Methane
- Nitric oxide
- Nitrous oxide
- Sulfur dioxide
Mitochondrial toxins
- Antimycin A
- Barbiturate
- Nitric oxide
- Rotenone
- Valinomycin
Nitrogen oxides
- Dinitrogen dioxide
- Dinitrogen pentoxide
- Dinitrogen tetroxide
- Dinitrogen trioxide
- Mixed oxides of nitrogen
- NOx
- Nitrate radical
- Nitric oxide
- Nitrogen dioxide
- Nitrogen dioxide poisoning
- Nitrogen oxide
- Nitrosyl azide
- Nitrous oxide
- Nitryl azide
- Trinitramide
References
Also known as ATC code R07AX01, ATCvet code QR07AX01, Amidogen, oxo-, Mononitrogen monoxide, NO (chemistry), Nitrergic neurons, Nitric oxide donors, Nitric oxide gas, Nitric oxide radical, Nitrix, Nitrogen Monoxide, Nitrogen monooxide, Nitrogen monoxide gas, Nitrogen(II) oxide, Nitrosyl radical, Nitrous air, RCRA waste number P076, Synthesis of Nitric Oxide, Traube reaction.