Quantitation of metabolic compartmentation in hyperammonemic brain by natural abundance 13C-NMR detection of 13C-15N coupling patterns and isotopic shifts

European Journal of Biochemistry

Volumn 243, Issue 3, 1997, Pages 597-604

  Lapidot, A ^a   Gopher, A ^a  

^a WEIZMANN INSTITUTE OF SCIENCE   (Israel)

Author keywords

13C 15N couplings; 13C NMR; 15N isotopic shifts; 15N labeled brain metabolites; Hyperammonemic rabbits

Indexed keywords

2 OXOGLUTARIC ACID; ALANINE; AMMONIA; GLUTAMATE AMMONIA LIGASE; GLUTAMATE DEHYDROGENASE; GLUTAMIC ACID; GLUTAMINE; METHIONINE SULFOXIMINE;

ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BRAIN; CONTROLLED STUDY; HYPERAMMONEMIA; ISOTOPE LABELING; MALE; METABOLISM; NONHUMAN; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE SPECTROSCOPY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RABBIT; REACTION ANALYSIS;

ANIMALIA; ORYCTOLAGUS CUNICULUS;

EID: 0031018960     PISSN: 00142956     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1432-1033.1997.00597.x     Document Type: Article

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