β-Hydroxybutyrate oxidation is reduced and hepatic balance of ketone bodies and free fatty acids is unaltered in carnitine-depleted, pivalate- treated rats

Journal of Nutrition

Volumn 126, Issue 11, 1996, Pages 2867-2872

  Bianchi, Peri B ^a   Davis, Alan T ^b  

^a Michigan State University   (United States)

^b SPECTRUM HEALTH   (United States)

Author keywords

hydroxybutyrate; carnitine; hepatic balance; pivalate; rats

Indexed keywords

3 HYDROXYBUTYRIC ACID; CARNITINE; FATTY ACID; KETONE BODY;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; FATTY ACID OMEGA OXIDATION; FOOD DEPRIVATION; KETOGENESIS; LIVER BLOOD FLOW; LIVER METABOLISM; MALE; METABOLIC BALANCE; MITOCHONDRIAL RESPIRATION; NONHUMAN; RAT;

3-HYDROXYBUTYRIC ACID; ANIMALS; BODY WEIGHT; CARBON DIOXIDE; CARBON RADIOISOTOPES; CARNITINE; FATTY ACIDS, NONESTERIFIED; FEMALE; HYDROXYBUTYRATES; KETONE BODIES; KETONES; LIVER; MALE; OXIDATION-REDUCTION; PENTANOIC ACIDS; RATS; RATS, SPRAGUE-DAWLEY;

ANIMALIA;

EID: 0029908450     PISSN: 00223166     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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