Low plasma glutamine in combination with high glutamate levels indicate risk for loss of body cell mass in healthy individuals: The effect of N- acetyl-cysteine

Journal of Molecular Medicine

Volumn 74, Issue 7, 1996, Pages 393-400

  Kinscherf, R ^a   Hack, V ^a   Fischbach, T ^a   Friedmann, B ^b   Weiss, C ^b   Edler, L ^a   Bartsch P ^b   Droge W ^a  

^a GERMAN CANCER RESEARCH CENTER DKFZ   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF HEIDELBERG   (Germany)

Author keywords

Anaerobic exercise; Body cell mass; Cachexia; Cysteine effect on BCM; N Acetyl cysteine effect on body cell mass

Indexed keywords

ACETYLCYSTEINE; GLUTAMIC ACID; GLUTAMINE;

ADULT; ANAEROBIC CAPACITY; ARTICLE; BODY MASS; CACHEXIA; CANCER PATIENT; DRUG EFFECT; ENERGY METABOLISM; ENZYME ACTIVITY; EXERCISE; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS INFECTION; MALE; MITOCHONDRIAL RESPIRATION; MUSCLE METABOLISM; NORMAL HUMAN; PROTEIN METABOLISM;

EID: 0029762379     PISSN: 09462716     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/BF00210633     Document Type: Article

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