Phenylalanine utilization by the gut and liver measured with intravenous and intragastric tracers in pigs

American Journal of Physiology - Gastrointestinal and Liver Physiology

Volumn 273, Issue 6 36-6, 1997, Pages

  Stoll, Barbara ^a   Burrin, Douglas G ^a   Henry, Joseph ^a   Jahoor, Farook ^a   Reeds, Peter J ^a  

^a BAYLOR COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Gut amino acid metabolism; Hepatic amino acid metabolism; Metabolic compartmentation; Plasma protein synthesis; Stable isotopes

Indexed keywords

ALBUMIN; APOLIPOPROTEIN B100; CARBON 13; FIBRINOGEN; PHENYLALANINE;

AMINO ACID METABOLISM; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; LIVER; MASS SPECTROMETRY; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN SYNTHESIS; SMALL INTESTINE; SWINE;

EID: 0031417393     PISSN: 01931857     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1152/ajpgi.1997.273.6.g1208     Document Type: Article

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