Effect of alanine on D-galactosamine-induced acute liver failure in rats

Hepatology

Volumn 24, Issue 5, 1996, Pages 1211-1216

  Maezono, Katsumi ^a   Mawatari, Kazunori ^a   Kajiwara, Kenta ^a   Shinkai, Ayako ^a   Maki, Toshio ^a  

^a AJINOMOTO CO INC   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADENOSINE TRIPHOSPHATE; ALANINE; ALANYLGLUTAMINE; ASPARTATE AMINOTRANSFERASE; GALACTOSAMINE; KETONE BODY;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ARTICLE; ASPARTATE AMINOTRANSFERASE BLOOD LEVEL; DRUG EFFECT; DRUG SCREENING; LIVER FAILURE; MALE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; SURVIVAL;

EID: 0029967043     PISSN: 02709139     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1053/jhep.1996.v24.pm0008903400     Document Type: Article

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