Muscle amino acid pattern in obese rats

International Journal of Obesity

Volumn 21, Issue 8, 1997, Pages 698-703

  Herrero, M C ^a   Remesar, X ^b   Blade C ^a   Arola, Ll ^a  

^a UNIVERSITAT ROVIRA I VIRGILI   (Spain)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BARCELONA   (Spain)

Author keywords

Amino acid uptake; Diet; Muscle; Obesity

Indexed keywords

ALANINE AMINOTRANSFERASE; AMINO ACID; GLUTAMATE AMMONIA LIGASE; NITROGEN; PROTEIN;

AMINO ACID METABOLISM; AMINO ACID TRANSPORT; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; ENZYME ACTIVITY; FEMORAL ARTERY; FEMORAL VEIN; LEG BLOOD FLOW; LEG MUSCLE; MALE; NONHUMAN; OBESITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN CONTENT; RAT; SKELETAL MUSCLE; TIME;

ANIMALIA; CAFETERIA;

EID: 0030761649     PISSN: 03070565     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/sj.ijo.0800464     Document Type: Article

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