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Creator:: Kirkwood, Jay Steven
Abstract:: Metabolomics is a comprehensive analysis of small molecules, or metabolites, in a system. Metabolomics is a hypothesis-generating experiment and offers an unbiased analysis of cell metabolism that can aid in the understanding of fundamental biological processes. Metabolomics is widely and broadly applicable in the biological sciences and has been used...
Resource Type:: Dissertation
Full Text:: . . Jay Steven Kirkwood, Author ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS First I thank my advisor, Fred Stevens for his

Creator:: Paraiso, Ines L.
Abstract:: Obesity is a complex multifactorial disease resulting from excessive energy intake compared to energy expenditure. The excess energy is mostly stored as fat in enlarged adipocytes, but some lipids may infiltrate other organs such as the liver to form ectopic fat. Adipose tissue and ectopic fat produce and secrete a...
Resource Type:: Dissertation
Full Text:: reader upon request. Ines Leila Paraiso, Author ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS I thank Fred Stevens

Creator:: Keller, Rosa M.
Abstract:: Dietary nitrate (NO3-), consumed primarily from leafy green and root vegetables, lowers blood pressure, improves vascular function and aerobic exercise performance. This performance-enhancing effect of nitrate supplementation is largely attributed to the increased bioavailability of the signaling molecule, nitric oxide (NO). Nitric oxide is a ubiquitous free radical signaling molecule...
Resource Type:: Dissertation
Full Text:: : ____________________________________________________ Jan F. Stevens Dietary nitrate (NO3-), consumed primarily from leafy green and root

Creator:: Axton, Elizabeth R.
Abstract:: Nitric oxide (NO) is a signaling molecule that regulates blood pressure and vascular tone. Humans produce NO by endothelial nitric oxide synthase (eNOS), which is impaired in patients with cardiovascular disease leading to increased blood pressure, endothelial dysfunction, and an increased risk of adverse cardiovascular outcomes. Maintaining optimal levels of...
Resource Type:: Dissertation
Full Text:: , Fred Stevens, for his continued support in my development as a scientist. You gave me the

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