Glycine minimizes reperfusion injury in a low-flow, reflow liver perfusion model in the rat

American Journal of Physiology - Gastrointestinal and Liver Physiology

Volumn 270, Issue 2 33-2, 1996, Pages

  Zhong, Zhi ^a   Jones, Shannon ^a   Thurman, Ronald G ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NORTH CAROLINA SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

glycine; liver perfusion; reperfusion injury

Indexed keywords

GLYCINE; LACTATE DEHYDROGENASE; MALONALDEHYDE; OXYGEN; STRYCHNINE; TRYPAN BLUE;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ANOXIA; ARTICLE; BILE SECRETION; CELL DEATH; CELL PROTECTION; CONTROLLED STUDY; LIPID PEROXIDATION; LIVER PERFUSION; MALE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; REPERFUSION INJURY;

EID: 0029930217     PISSN: 01931857     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1152/ajpgi.1996.270.2.g332     Document Type: Article

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