{"id":88211,"date":"2026-02-17T13:25:08","date_gmt":"2026-02-17T07:55:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/vajiramandravi.com\/current-affairs\/?p=88211"},"modified":"2026-02-17T15:25:02","modified_gmt":"2026-02-17T09:55:02","slug":"nitric-oxide","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/vajiramandravi.com\/current-affairs\/nitric-oxide\/","title":{"rendered":"Nitric Oxide"},"content":{"rendered":"<h2><b>Nitric Oxide Latest News<\/b><\/h2>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">In a study published in Science Translational Medicine, researchers found that a high dose of inhaled nitric oxide reduced drug-resistant Pseudomonas in a large-animal ICU model.<\/span><\/p>\n<h2><b>About Nitric Oxide<\/b><\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">It exists in a <\/span><b>gaseous state<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> and is composed of\u00a0 one nitrogen and one oxygen atom.<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">It was first <\/span><b>prepared around 1620 by Jan Baptista van Helmont,<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> and studied in 1772 by Joseph Priestley.<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><b>Formation:<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> It is formed <\/span><b>through nitrogen oxidation.<\/b><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">It <\/span><b>can be created when lightning occurs<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">, uniting nitrogen and oxygen in the air, or commercially by burning ammonia.<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h2><b>Properties of Nitric Oxide<\/b><\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">It is a <\/span><b>colorless,<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> toxic gas.<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">It is <\/span><b>noncombustible<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> but accelerates the burning of combustible material.<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">It can be found in the <\/span><b>natural environment<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> and within parts of the human body.<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h2><b>Roles of Nitric Oxide<\/b><\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">It plays <\/span><b>important chemical signaling roles<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> in humans and animals, plus some medical uses.<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">In animals, nitric <\/span><b>oxide transmits signals to cells in the cardiovascular<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">, nervous, and immune systems.<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The body synthesizes it from <\/span><b>the amino acid L-arginine<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> with the help of nitric oxide synthase.<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">It helps <\/span><b>regulate blood pressure by dilating blood vessels<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> and acts as a neurotransmitter.\u00a0<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><b>Impact on Environment:<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> Nitric oxide is <\/span><b>generated by automotive engines<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> and thermal power plants, making it a serious air pollutant.<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><b>Source:<\/b> <strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.thehindu.com\/sci-tech\/science\/can-a-common-hospital-gas-help-fight-drug-resistant-pneumonia\/article70607199.ece\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">TH<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Nitric Oxide exists in a gaseous state and is composed of  one nitrogen and one oxygen atom. 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