Bulletin of Experimental Biology and Medicine 2015-10-01

Effect of Green Light on Nitric Oxide Metabolism in Chick Embryos. A Possible Physiological Role.

V Yu Titov, O V Kosenko, E S Starkova, G V Kondratov, E N Borkhunova, A V Ivanova

Index: Bull. Exp. Biol. Med. 159 , 700-3, (2015)

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Abstract

The exposure to green light, which serves as a well-known activating factor for myogenesis during incubation of chicken eggs, contributes to intensification of embryonic metabolism of NO. A metabolic product, nitrate, is mainly accumulated in the muscles. These data suggest that light induces a NO-dependent activation of the factor, which intensifies muscle tissue development.