The use of isoflurane anaesthesia in studies of carnitine metabolism in the laboratory rat

Laboratory Animals

Volumn 30, Issue 4, 1996, Pages 377-382

  Davis, A T ^a  

^a SPECTRUM HEALTH   (United States)

Author keywords

Carnitine isoflurane; Female; Liver; Male; Plasma; Rats anaesthesia; Starvation

Indexed keywords

ACETYL COENZYME A; CARNITINE; COENZYME A; FATTY ACID; ISOFLURANE; METHOXAMINE;

ANESTHESIA; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; BLOOD LEVEL; CONTROLLED STUDY; EXPERIMENTAL ANIMAL; FEEDING; FEMALE; LIVER LEVEL; MALE; METABOLIC REGULATION; NONHUMAN; RAT; STARVATION;

ANIMALIA; RATTUS NORVEGICUS;

EID: 0029852220     PISSN: 00236772     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1258/002367796780739934     Document Type: Article

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