ASCORBIC ACID AND THE FORMATION OF NITRIC OXIDE IN HUMAN LEUKOCYTES

T. T. Zhumabaeva; Z. V. Kuropteva; Zh. T. Moldaliev

doi:10.31435/rsglobal_ws/28022019/6352

T. T. Zhumabaeva Osh State University
Z. V. Kuropteva Institute of biochemical physics, Russian Academy of Sciences, Moscow
Zh. T. Moldaliev Osh State University https://orcid.org/0000-0001-5525-7629

DOI: https://doi.org/10.31435/rsglobal_ws/28022019/6352

Keywords: Ascorbic acid, leukocyte, EPR spectra, nitrozyl complexes of hem proteins, nitroxide synthases (NOS), the formation of nitric oxide

Abstract

Ascorbic acid is involved in the formation of nitrogen oxide in leukocytes of humans and animals. It is an important role of the AA in maintaining the immune status of the organism.

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