The effects of 3-hydroxy-3-methylglutaryl-CoA reductase inhibition on tissue levels of carnitine and carnitine acyltransferase activity in the rabbit

Lipids

Volumn 31, Issue 8, 1996, Pages 867-870

  Bhuiyan, Jalaluddin ^a,b   Seccombe, David W ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BRITISH COLUMBIA   (Canada)

^b MAYO CLINIC   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACYLCARNITINE; CARNITINE; CARNITINE ACYLTRANSFERASE; CARNITINE PALMITOYLTRANSFERASE; HYDROXYMETHYLGLUTARYL COENZYME A REDUCTASE INHIBITOR; MEVINOLIN;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CARNITINE DEFICIENCY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DRUG EFFECT; ENZYME ACTIVITY; ENZYME INHIBITION; FEMALE; MYALGIA; MYOPATHY; MYOSITIS; NONHUMAN; RABBIT; RHABDOMYOLYSIS; TISSUE LEVEL;

ANIMALIA; ORYCTOLAGUS CUNICULUS;

EID: 0029791338     PISSN: 00244201     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/BF02522982     Document Type: Article

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