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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2008 Jul 15.
Published in final edited form as: Cardiovasc Res. 2007 May 10;75(2):327–338. doi: 10.1016/j.cardiores.2007.05.001

Figure 1. The NO-nitrite-nitrate pool.

Figure 1

Nitrite (NO2−) maintains a chemical equilibrium with its reduction product NO and its oxidation product nitrate (NO3−). These reactions take place mainly in the bloodstream and the GI tract.