Glutathione content as an indicator for the presence of metabolic pathways of amino acids in astroglial cultures

Journal of Neurochemistry

Volumn 67, Issue 4, 1996, Pages 1375-1382

  Dringen, Ralf ^a   Hamprecht, Bernd ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TÜBINGEN   (Germany)

Author keywords

Glutamate; Glycine; Ornithine; Proline; Serine

Indexed keywords

ARGININE; ASPARTIC ACID; CYSTEINE; GLUTAMINE; GLUTATHIONE; GLYCINE; ORNITHINE; PROLINE; SERINE;

AMINO ACID METABOLISM; ANIMAL CELL; ARTICLE; CELL METABOLISM; GLUCOSE METABOLISM; GLUTATHIONE METABOLISM; MACROGLIA; NEWBORN; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT;

ANIMALIA;

EID: 0029836312     PISSN: 00223042     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1471-4159.1996.67041375.x     Document Type: Article

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