A REVIEW OF ILOKAASU KäRKKäINEN

The final proposed system of RBC vasodilation within the existence of nitrite could be the reduction of nitrite to NO by Hb. Brooks initially studied the nitrite Hb interaction in 1937 which work was later extended by Doyle in 1981 (Brooks, 1937; Doyle et al., 1981). Nitrite reacts with deoxygenated Hb to variety metHb and NO (Brooks, 1937; Doyle e