title: Nitric oxide and peroxynitrite in the perinatal period.
abstract: Many of the actions of nitric oxide are not due to nitric oxide itself, but rather by the secondary formation of oxidants like peroxynitrite. Peroxynitrite leaves a footprint in the nitration of tyrosine, which helps track the formation of reactive nitric oxide-derived species in diseases and even normal development.
authors.affiliation: Department of Anesthesiology, University of Alabama at Birmingham, 35233, USA. joe.beckman@ccc.uab.edu
authors.forename: J S
authors.initials: JS
authors.lastname: Beckman
authors.forename: L
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Viera
authors.forename: A G
authors.initials: AG
authors.lastname: Estévez
authors.forename: R
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Teng
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D007231:Infant, Newborn / Q000378:metabolism*; D009566:Nitrates / Q000378:metabolism*; D009569:Nitric Oxide / Q000378:metabolism*; D016877:Oxidants / Q000378:metabolism*
chemical_list: D009566:Nitrates; D016877:Oxidants; C039642:peroxynitric acid; D009569:Nitric Oxide