Splanchnic-bed transfers of amino acids in sheep blood and plasma, as monitored through use of a multiple U-13C-labelled amino acid mixture

British Journal of Nutrition

Volumn 75, Issue 2, 1996, Pages 217-235

  Lobley, G E ^a   Connell, A ^a   Revell, D K ^a,b   Bequette, B J ^a   Brown, D S ^a   Calder, A G ^a  

^a ROWETT RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN AUSTRALIA   (Australia)

Author keywords

Amino acids; Liver; Protein metabolism; Stable isotopes

Indexed keywords

ALGAE; MEDICAGO SATIVA; OVIS ARIES;

AMINO ACID; CARBON 13; CHOLINE; CREATINE; ISOTOPE; LEUCINE; LYSINE; PHENYLALANINE; THREONINE;

ALGA; AMINO ACID TRANSPORT; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; CHROMATOGRAPHY; CONTROLLED STUDY; GAS CHROMATOGRAPHY; HYDROLYSIS; INTRAVENOUS DRUG ADMINISTRATION; LIVER; MALE; MASS SPECTROMETRY; NONHUMAN; PLASMA; PROTEIN METABOLISM; PROTEIN SYNTHESIS; SHEEP; SPLANCHNIC BLOOD FLOW; VISCERA;

AMINO ACIDS; ANIMALS; BIOLOGICAL TRANSPORT; CARBON ISOTOPES; CHOLINE; CREATINE; ERYTHROCYTES; LIVER; MALE; PLASMA; SHEEP; SPLANCHNIC CIRCULATION;

EID: 0029918587     PISSN: 00071145     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/bjn19960126     Document Type: Article

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