The distribution of carnosine and related dipeptides in rat and human tissues

Inflammation Research

Volumn 45, Issue 3, 1996, Pages 132-135

  Jackson, M C ^a   Lenney, J F ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HAWAII   (United States)

Author keywords

Anserine; Carnosine; Homocarnosine; Immunolocalization

Indexed keywords

ANSERINE; BRAIN PROTEIN; CARNOSINE; HISTAMINE; HISTIDINE; MUSCLE PROTEIN;

ADRENAL GLAND; ADULT; AGED; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; COLON; FEMALE; HEART MUSCLE; HISTAMINE METABOLISM; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; IMMUNOASSAY; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; KIDNEY; LIVER; LUNG; MALE; NONHUMAN; PANCREAS; PROSTATE; PROTEIN LOCALIZATION; SKELETAL MUSCLE; SPLEEN; STRESS; THYROID GLAND; TISSUE DISTRIBUTION;

AGED; ANIMALS; ANTIBODIES, MONOCLONAL; BRAIN CHEMISTRY; CARNOSINE; CHROMATOGRAPHY, HIGH PRESSURE LIQUID; FEMALE; FLUORESCENCE; HUMANS; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MUSCLE, SKELETAL; MYOCARDIUM; RATS; STAINING AND LABELING; TISSUE DISTRIBUTION;

EID: 0029986605     PISSN: 10233830     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/BF02265166     Document Type: Article

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