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The increase in plasma nitrite after a dietary nitrate load is markedly attenuated by an antibacterial mouthwash.

M. Govoni, Emmelie A Jansson, E. Weitzberg, J. Lundberg

2008.12.1NITRIC OXIDE-BIOLOGY AND CHEMISTRY

DOI: 10.1016/j.niox.2008.08.003

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The acute increase in plasma nitrite seen after a nitrate load is critically dependent on nitrate reduction in the oral cavity by commensal bacteria, and the removal of these bacteria with an antibacterial mouthwash will very likely attenuate the NO-dependent biological effects of dietary nitrate.

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GOVONI, M., et al. The increase in plasma nitrite after a dietary nitrate load is markedly attenuated by an antibacterial mouthwash. NITRIC OXIDE-BIOLOGY AND CHEMISTRY, 2008, 19 4: 333–7.