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MURAD, Ferid (1936 – 2023)

MURAD, Ferid (1936 – 2023)

1936 – 2023

1 entries in the GMN corpus.

Image source Jeff Dahl · Own work · CC BY-SA 4.0

1977 CE

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Nitric oxide activates guanylate cyclase and increases guanosine 3',5'-monophosphate levels in various tissue preparations.

Murad demonstrated that nitroglycerin and related drugs worked by releasing nitric oxide into the body, which relaxed smooth muscle by elevating intracellular cyclic GMP. With W. P. Arnold, C. K. Mittal, S. Katsuki. I…