Nitric Oxide Donor/Precursor Compounds Small Molecules and Peptides

Nitric Oxide (NO) is an important signaling molecule that is involved in both physiological and pathological processes. Nitric oxide donors and precursors, as the name suggests, provide a functional NO group that can be involved in nitric oxide signaling pathways.

Nitric oxide is an autocrine and paracrine signaling molecule that can diffuse through biological membranes. It has a very short duration of action (a few seconds) and its main physiological function is to contribute to the homeostasis ...