A REVIEW OF ILOKAASU KäRKKäINEN

The last proposed system of RBC vasodilation during the presence of nitrite will be the reduction of nitrite to NO by Hb. Brooks very first researched the nitrite Hb conversation in 1937 and this perform was afterwards extended by Doyle in 1981 (Brooks, 1937; Doyle et al., 1981). Nitrite reacts with deoxygenated Hb to variety metHb and NO (Brooks,