Synthesis and biological activity of the novel nitric oxide synthase inhibitor Nω′-hydroxy-Nω-methyl-L-arginine
- 1 January 1994
- journal article
- research article
- Published by Royal Society of Chemistry (RSC) in Journal of the Chemical Society, Perkin Transactions 1
- No. 7,p. 769-771
- https://doi.org/10.1039/p19940000769
Abstract
N ω′ Hydroxy-Nω-methyl-L-arginine has been synthesised in eight steps from Nδ-(benzyloxycarbonyl)-L-ornithine and has been found to inhibit the biosynthesis of nitric oxide.Keywords
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