The return of the Scarlet Pimpernel: cobalamin in inflammation II - cobalamins can both selectively promote all three nitric oxide synthases (NOS), particularly iNOS and eNOS, and, as needed, selectively inhibit iNOS and nNOS.

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Published in J Nutr Environ Med on September 01, 2007

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Carmen Wheatley1

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1: Orthomolecular Oncology, 4 Richmond Road, Oxford OX1 2JJ, UK.

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