Benzoic acid metabolism reflects hepatic mitochondrial function in rats with long-term extrahepatic cholestasis

Hepatology

Volumn 25, Issue 2, 1997, Pages 278-283

  Krähenbühl, Lukas ^a   Reichen, Jürg ^a   Talos, Christine ^a   Krähenbühl, Stephan ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BERN   (Switzerland)

^b UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL ZURICH   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADENOSINE TRIPHOSPHATE; BENZOIC ACID; BILE ACID; CHENODEOXYCHOLIC ACID; COENZYME A; GLUTAMIC ACID; HIPPURIC ACID; LITHOCHOLIC ACID; MITOCHONDRIAL ENZYME; OLIGOMYCIN; SUCCINIC ACID; TAUROCHOLIC ACID;

ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CHOLESTASIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENZYME ACTIVITY; ENZYME SUBSTRATE; FATTY ACID METABOLISM; FATTY LIVER; LIVER METABOLISM; LIVER MITOCHONDRION; MALE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN CONTENT; RAT; URINARY EXCRETION;

EID: 0031014485     PISSN: 02709139     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1053/jhep.1997.v25.pm0009021934     Document Type: Article

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