The effect of betaine in reversing alcoholic steatosis

Alcoholism: Clinical and Experimental Research

Volumn 21, Issue 6, 1997, Pages 1100-1102

  Barak, Anthony J ^a,b   Beckenhauer, Harriet C ^a   Badakhsh, Shahrokh ^a   Tuma, Dean J ^a  

^a VA Alcohol Research Center   (United States)

^b Liver Study Unit (151)   (United States)

Author keywords

Alcohol; Betaine; Rats; S Adenosylmethionine; Steatosis

Indexed keywords

ALCOHOL; BETAINE; S ADENOSYLMETHIONINE;

ALCOHOL CONSUMPTION; ALCOHOL LIVER DISEASE; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIET SUPPLEMENTATION; LIVER PROTECTION; MALE; NONHUMAN; ORAL DRUG ADMINISTRATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; STEATOSIS;

ANIMALIA;

EID: 0030886805     PISSN: 01456008     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1530-0277.1997.tb04259.x     Document Type: Article

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