How is nitric oxide synthesized? What cofactors are required?

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How is nitric oxide synthesized? What cofactors are required?

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Nitric oxide is a vasodilator i.e it relaxes the muscles of blood vessels and widens them, produced by every type of body cell in the human body. Due to its relaxing effect, the flow of blood increases, and the blood pressure decreases. The formula for nitric oxide is NO and it is also known as a gas hormone because it is the only hormone that is gaseous in nature.

 

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