Effect of glucose-cysteine adduct as a cysteine prodrug in rats

Amino Acids

Volumn 12, Issue 1, 1997, Pages 85-94

  Yao, W B ^a   Abe, T ^a   Kurozumi, Y ^a   Yukihiro, K ^a   Tomozawa, M ^a   Ubuka, T ^a  

^a OKAYAMA UNIVERSITY MEDICAL SCHOOL   (Japan)

Author keywords

Amino acids; Cysteine; Cysteine prodrug; Glucose cysteine adduct; Glutathione; Sulfate

Indexed keywords

CYSTEINE; GLUCOSE; GLUTATHIONE; MALEIC ACID DIETHYL ESTER; PRODRUG; SULFATE; TAURINE;

AMINO ACID METABOLISM; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; KIDNEY; LIVER; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; URINARY EXCRETION;

ANIMALIA;

EID: 0031037999     PISSN: 09394451     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/BF01373429     Document Type: Article

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