Featured Molecules: Nitric Oxide-Releasing Compounds

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William F. Coleman

Featured Molecules: Nitric Oxide-Releasing Compounds

Wellesley College Wellesley, MA 02481

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Randall J. Wildman University of Wisconsin–Madison Madison, WI 53715

December Featured Molecules The five WebWare Molecules for December derive from the article, Nitrogen-Based Diazeniumdiolates: Versatile Nitric Oxide-Releasing Compounds in Biomedical Research and Potential Clinical Applications, by Joseph E. Saavedra and Larry K. Keefer (p 1427). Fully manipulable (Chime) versions of these and other molecules are available Only@JCE Online at the Web site http://jchemed.chem.wisc.edu/JCEWWW/Features/WebWare/ MonthlyMolecules/2002/Dec/.

L-arginine

N G-hydroxy-L-arginine nitrogylcerin (GTN)

isoamyl nitrite

L-citrulline

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Journal of Chemical Education • Vol. 79 No. 12 December 2002 • JChemEd.chem.wisc.edu