Assertion: nitric oxide's function | /r/HasProperty | important
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text: According to the announcement by the Nobel Assembly, nitric oxide performs important functions in many systems of the body.
text: 65,66 Taken together, these findings suggest that nitric oxide and other reactive nitrogen oxides generated from swallowed saliva have several important protective functions to uphold gastric mucosal integrity and to provide a first-line defense against bacterial infection.