Metabolite pools and metabolic branching as factors of In-Vivo isotope discriminations by kinetic isotope effects

Isotopes in Environmental and Health Studies

Volumn 34, Issue 1-2, 1998, Pages 19-30

  Schmidt, H L ^a   Kexel, H ^a  

^a TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY OF MUNICH   (Germany)

Author keywords

C1 pool; Carbon 13; Glycerol; Isotope balances; Isotope effects; L Ascorbic acid; Metabolism; Natural products; Nitrogen; Pyruvate

Indexed keywords

EID: 0011432849     PISSN: 10256016     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/10256019708036328     Document Type: Article

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