Primary Recipient

UNIVERSITY OF PITTSBURGH THE

Amount

$999,180.00

Award Date

9/25/2009

Administering Agency

Health and Human Services, Department of / National Institutes of Health

CDFA Number

93.701

CDFA Program Title

Trans-NIH Recovery Act Research Support

Description

This study explores the redox reactions of nitrite and how fatty acid nitro derivatives might transduce salutary actions of dietary and endogenously-produced nitrite. In particular, preliminary studies have shown that nitro-fatty acids lower blood glucose