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Journal of the American College of Cardiology • 1991 | View Paper
“Methionine alone induced no hemodynamic effects, but after methionine infusion, there was a significant reduction in the nitroglycerin infusion rate required to reach each hemodynamic endpoint (p less than 0.01).”
“This study was performed to assess whether methionine , an amino acid capable of increasing sulfhydryl availability, would potentiate the hemodynamic effects of nitroglycerin.”
“Thus, methionine potentiates the hemodynamic effects of acutely administered intravenous nitroglycerin.”
“Similarly, the thiol donor L-methionine significantly increased RTCS sensitivity to GTN , as the relaxation EC50 decreased from the control value of 0.25 +/- 0.08 microM to 10 +/- 4 nM (n = 5, p < 0.001), whereas the D-isomer did not.”
Canadian journal of physiology and pharmacology • 1997 | View Paper
“Methods and ResultsIn awake nontolerant dogs, L-methionine (100 mg/kg) potentiated the tachycardic response to GTN (5.0 and 15 μg/kg/min) and enhanced the hypotensive action of GTN (1.5 and 5.0 μg/kg/min) in anesthetized, nonreflexic dogs.”