ea0016p175 | Diabetes and cardiovascular diseases | ECE2008
Masha Andi
, Gigliardi Valentina Ramella
, Brocato Loredana
, Manzato Enzo
, Berchio Arrigo
, Massarenti Paola
, Settanni Fabio
, Bergamini Stefania
, Iannone Anna
, Martina Valentino
Objective: Reactive oxygen species and nitric oxide (NO) have recently been considered involved in the cardiovascular complications of patients with type 2 diabetes as NO is supposed to loose its physiological beneficial effects, due to the presence of oxygen radicals. For this reason, we tested the effects of L-arginine (ARG) and N-acetylcisteine (NAC) administration with the aim to increase NO physiological production reducing free radical formation.</p...