Nitrate
Nitrate. Dietary inorganic anion concentrated in beetroot, leafy greens and rocket. Reduced by oral commensal bacteria to nitrite and then to nitric oxide via the…
Dietary inorganic anion concentrated in beetroot, leafy greens and rocket. Reduced by oral commensal bacteria to nitrite and then to nitric oxide via the entero-salivary nitrate–nitrite–NO pathway, driving vasodilation, lower blood pressure and improved exercise economy — the basis of beetroot "performance" supplements.