The effect of ammonium chloride on hepatic and renal metabolism in the rat

Kidney and Blood Pressure Research

Volumn 20, Issue 1, 1997, Pages 57-61

  Lardner, A L ^a   O'donovan D J ^a  

^a NATIONAL UNIVERSITY OF IRELAND   (Ireland)

Author keywords

Acidosis; Ammonia; Rat; Urea; Urea cycle

Indexed keywords

AMMONIUM CHLORIDE; ENZYME; GLUTAMINASE; UREA;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; KIDNEY METABOLISM; LIVER METABOLISM; METABOLIC ACIDOSIS; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; UREA BLOOD LEVEL; UREA CYCLE; URINARY EXCRETION;

EID: 0031010883     PISSN: 14204096     EISSN: 14230143     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1159/000174112     Document Type: Article

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