Decreased ureagenesis from alanine, but not from ammonia and glutamine, in the perfused rat liver after partial hepatectomy

Hepatology

Volumn 23, Issue 6, 1996, Pages 1584-1590

  Moriyama, Mitsuaki ^a   Makiyama, Isao ^a   Shiota, Masakazu ^a,b   Uesugi, Keiko ^a   Kannan, Yukiko ^a   Ohta, Mitsuaki ^a   Kimura, Kazuhiro ^a,c   Sugano, Tsukasa ^a  

^a Osaka Prefecture University   (Japan)

^b VANDERBILT UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^c HOKKAIDO UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALANINE; AMMONIA; GLUTAMINASE; GLUTAMINE; UREA;

AMINO ACID METABOLISM; ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CELL PROLIFERATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; ISOLATED LIVER; LIVER METABOLISM; LIVER REGENERATION; MALE; NONHUMAN; PARTIAL HEPATECTOMY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; UREA CYCLE;

EID: 0029894284     PISSN: 02709139     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1053/jhep.1996.v23.pm0008675181     Document Type: Article

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