Glucose and glutamine provide similar proportions of energy to mucosal cells of rat small intestine

American Journal of Physiology - Gastrointestinal and Liver Physiology

Volumn 273, Issue 4 36-4, 1997, Pages

  Fleming, Sharon E ^a   Zambell, Kirsten L ^a   Fitch, Mark D ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Detritiation; Method

Indexed keywords

GLUCOSE; GLUTAMINE;

ANAEROBIC METABOLISM; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; ENERGY EXPENDITURE; ENERGY RESOURCE; GLYCOLYSIS; MALE; NONHUMAN; PHOSPHATE METABOLISM; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; SMALL INTESTINE ABSORPTION;

EID: 0030780652     PISSN: 01931857     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1152/ajpgi.1997.273.4.g968     Document Type: Article

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