Hyperammonemia-induced depletion of glutamate and branched-chain amino acids in muscle and plasma

Journal of Hepatology

Volumn 25, Issue 5, 1996, Pages 756-762

  Leweling, Hans ^b   Breitkreutz, Raoul ^b   Behne, Friedrich ^b   Staedt, Ulrich ^b   Striebel, Jens Peter ^b   Holm, Eggert ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HEIDELBERG   (Germany)

^b NONE

Author keywords

Branched chain amino acids; Glutamate; Hyperammonia; Muscle

Indexed keywords

ALANINE; AMMONIA; BRANCHED CHAIN AMINO ACID; GLUTAMIC ACID;

AMINO ACID SYNTHESIS; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; HYPERAMMONEMIA; MALE; MUSCLE; NONHUMAN; PLASMA; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT;

EID: 0030296683     PISSN: 01688278     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0168-8278(96)80249-2     Document Type: Article

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