Deuterium oxide
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- When deuterium oxide is introduced into a cell, deuterium atoms gradually replace hydrogen atoms in DNA molecules.
- Deuterium oxide is not as good of a solvent as water is either.
- The vasorelaxant effect of deuterium oxide is secondary to calcium-induced liberation of nitric oxide by endothelial cells.
- 107 Deuterium oxide is a distilled-in-glass grade of heavy water of high isotopic purity, intended for use in relaxation-time studies and other applications where the presence of trace amounts of metal ions is undesirable.
- How is this medicinal product expected to act? Deuterium oxide is, in very small amounts, present in normal drinking water.
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