EXTENDED PRODUCTION OF NITRIC OXIDE FROM A MICROENCAPSULATED NITRITE SALT AND AN AQUEOUS ACIDIFIED GEL

摘要

Methods and compositions are provided for generating and applying long-lasting therapeutic nitric oxide (NO) gas from the reaction of a least one microencapsulated nitrite salt and an activating volume of an aqueous acidified gel that has sufficient acidity to convert the nitrite salt to a nitric oxide (NO) and further provides a reducing property that retains the NO in bioactive form