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31. Bode-Boger SM, Boger RH, Galland A, Tsikas D Frolich JC. L-arginine induced vasodilatation in healthy humans: pharmacokinetic-pharmacodynamic relationship. Br J Clin Pharmacol 1998 Nov; 46(5): 489-97

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33. Boger RH, Bode-Boger SM, Theil W, et al. Restoring vascular nitric oxide formation by L-arginine improves symptoms of intermittent claudication in patients with Peripheral arterial occlusive disease. J Am Col Cardiol 1998 Nov;32(5):1336-44

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38. Cartledge JJ, Davies AM, Eardley I. A randomized double-blind placebo-controlled crossover trial of the efficacy of L-arginine in the treatment of interstitial cystitis. BJU Int 2000 Mar; 85(4):421-6

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51. Wallace AW, Ratcliffe MB, Galindez D, Kong JS. L-arginine infusion dilates coronary vasculature in patients undergoing coronary bypass surgery Aenesthesiology 1999 Jun;90(6):1577-8

52. Chen J, Wollman Y, Chernichovsky T, et al. Effect of high dose nitric oxide donor L-arginine in men with organic erectile dysfunction. BJU Int 1999 Feb;83(3):269-73

53. Kobayashi N, Nakamura M, Hiramori K. Effects of infusion of L-arginine on exercise-induced myocardial ischemic changes and capacity to exercise of patients with stable angina pectoris. Coron Artery Dis 1999 Jul;10(5):321-6

54. Bednarz B, Wolk R, Chamiec T, et al. Effects of oral L-arginine supplementation on exercised induced QT dispersion and exercise tolerance in stable angina pectoris.Int J Cardiol 2000 Sep 15; 75(2-3): 205-10

55. De Nicola L, Bellizzi V, Minutolo R, et al. Randomized, double-blind, placebo controlled study of arginine supplementation in chronic renal failure. Kidney Int 1999 Aug;56(2):674-84

56. Watanabe G, Tomiyama H, Doba N. Effects of oral L-arginine on renal function in patients with heart failure. J Hypertens 2000 Feb;18(2):229-34

57. Kelly BS, Alexander JW Dreyer D, et al. Oral arginine improves blood pressure in renal transplant and hemodialysis patients. J Parenter Enteral Nutr 2001 Jul-Aug; 25(4): 194-202

58. Efron DT, Barbul A. Arginine and nutrition in renal disease. J Ren Nutr 1999 Jul;9(3):142-4

59. Reckelhoff JF, et al. Long-term dietary supplementation with L-arginine prevents age related reduction in renal function. Am J Physiol 1997 Jun; 272(6 Pt 2):1768-74

60.Reyes AA, Purkerson ML, Karl L, Klahr S. Dietary supplementation with L-arginine ameliorates the progression of renal disease in rats with subtotal nephrectomy. Am J Kidney Dis 1992 Aug; 20(2):454-5

61. Bradley SJ, Kingwell BA, McConell GK. Nitric oxide synthase inhibition reduces leg glucose uptake but not blood flow during dynamic exercise in humans. Diabetes 1999 Sep; 48(9):1815-21

62. De Gouw HW, Verbruggen MB, Twiss IM, Sterk PJ. Effect of oral L-arginine on airway hyper-responsiveness to histamine in asthma. Thorax 1999 Nov;54(11):1033-5

63. De Gouw HW, Marshall-Partridge SJ, et al. Role of nitric oxide in the airway response to exercise in healthy and asthmatic subjects. J Appl Physiol 2001 Feb;90(2):586-92

64. Boer J, et al. Role of L-arginine deficiency of nitric oxide and airway hyperreactivity after allergen-induced early asthmatic reaction in guinea-pigs. Br J Pharmacol 1999 Nov;128(5):1114-20

65. Blease K, Kunkel SL, Hogaboam CM. Acute inhibition of nitric oxide exacerbates airway hyperresponsiveness, eosinophilia and C-C chemokine generation in a murinemodel of fungal asthma. Inflamm Res 2000 Jun; 49(6):297-304

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68. Efron D, Barbul A. Role of arginine in immunonutrition. J Gastroentol 2000;35 Suppl 12:20-3

69.Lewis B, Langkamp-Henken B. Arginine enhances in vivo immune responses in young, adult and aged mice. J Nutri 2000;130(7):1827-30

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71.Ochoa JB, et al. Effects of L-arginine on the proliferation of T-lymphocyte subpopulations. J Parenter Enteral Nutr 2001 Jan-Feb;25(1):23-9

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74. Valcenti S, et al Biphasic effect of nitric oxide on testosterone and cyclic GMP productionby purified rat Leydig cells cultured in vivo. Int J Androl 1999 Oct; 22(5):336-41

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76. Piatti PM, Monti LD, Valsecchi G, et al. Long term oral L-arginine administration improves peripheral and hepatic insulin sensitivity in type 2 diabetes. Diabetes Care 2001 MAY;24(5):875-80

77. Giugliana D, et al. Vascular effects of acute hyperglycemia are reversed by L-arginine. Circulation 1997; 95(7):1783-90

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79. Mendez JD, Balderas F. Regulation of hyperglycemia and dyslipidemia by exogenous L-arginine in Diabetic rats. Biochemie 2001 May;83(5):453-8

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82. Wolf A, et al. Dietary L-arginine supplementation normalizes platelet aggregation in hypercholesterolemic humans. J Am Coll Cardiol 1997 Mar 1; 29(3):479

83. Le Yorneau T, Van Belle E, Corseaux D, et al . Role of nitric oxide in re-stenosis after experimental balloon angioplasty in the hypercholesterolemic rabbit. J Am CollCardiol 1999 Mar;33(3):876-82

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90. Suematsu Y, Ohtsuka T, et al. L-Arginine given after ischemic preconditioning can enhance cardioprotection in isolated rat hearts. Eur J Cardiothorac Surg 2001, Jun;19(6):873-9

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92. Kown MH, Van Der Steenhoven T, Uemura S, et al. L-Arginine polymer mediated inhibition of graft coronary artery disease after cardiac transplantation. Transplantation 2001 June 15;71(11):1542-8

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