Prolonged fasting in humans results in diminished plasma choline concentrations but does not cause liver dysfunction

American Journal of Clinical Nutrition

Volumn 66, Issue 3, 1997, Pages 622-625

  Savendahl, Lars ^b   Mar, Mei Heng ^b   Underwood, Louis E ^b   Zeisel, Steven H ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NORTH CAROLINA   (United States)

^b NONE

Author keywords

Alanine aminotransferase; Choline; Humans; Liver; Phosphatidylcholine; Plasma; Starvation

Indexed keywords

ALANINE AMINOTRANSFERASE; CHOLINE; PHOSPHATIDYLCHOLINE;

AMINO ACID METABOLISM; ARTICLE; CHOLINERGIC TRANSMISSION; DIET RESTRICTION; DIETARY INTAKE; FOLATE METABOLISM; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; LIPOPROTEIN METABOLISM; LIVER DISEASE; NEUROTRANSMITTER RELEASE; STARVATION; STEM CELL; VITAMIN DEFICIENCY;

EID: 0030814518     PISSN: 00029165     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/ajcn/66.3.622     Document Type: Article

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