Liver intracellular L-cysteine concentration is maintained after inhibition of the trans-sulfuration pathway by propargylglycine in rats

British Journal of Nutrition

Volumn 78, Issue 5, 1997, Pages 823-831

  Triguero, Ana ^a   Barber, Teresa ^a   García, Concha ^a   Puertes, Inmaculada R ^a   Sastre, Juan ^a   Viña, Juan R ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF VALENCIA   (Spain)

Author keywords

Cystathionase; Cysteine; Liver; Propargylglycine

Indexed keywords

ARGININE; CITRULLINE; CYSTATHIONINE; CYSTATHIONINE GAMMA LYASE; CYSTEINE; GLUTATHIONE; METHIONINE; ORNITHINE; PROPARGYLGLYCINE; UREA;

AMINO ACID BLOOD LEVEL; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENZYME ACTIVITY; EXCRETION; HOMEOSTASIS; KIDNEY; LIVER LEVEL; MALE; NONHUMAN; PROTEIN DEGRADATION; RAT; TIME; UREA BLOOD LEVEL; UREA CYCLE;

ACETYLCYSTEINE; ALKYNES; ANIMALS; CYSTATHIONINE; CYSTATHIONINE GAMMA-LYASE; CYSTEINE; DEPRESSION, CHEMICAL; GLUTATHIONE; GLYCINE; LIVER; MALE; METHIONINE; RATS; RATS, WISTAR; UREA;

ANIMALIA;

EID: 0030776140     PISSN: 00071145     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1079/BJN19970198     Document Type: Article

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