The association of acetyl-L-carnitine with glucose and lipid metabolism in human muscle in vivo: The effect of hyperinsulinemia

Metabolism: Clinical and Experimental

Volumn 46, Issue 12, 1997, Pages 1454-1457

  Ebeling, Pertti ^b   Tuominen, Juha A ^b   Arenas, Joaquín ^b   García Benayas, Cristina ^b   Koivisto, Veikko A ^a  

^a HELSINKI UNIVERSITY CENTRAL HOSPITAL   (Finland)

^b NONE

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACETYL COENZYME A; CARNITINE; FATTY ACID; GLUCOSE; LEVACECARNINE; LIPID;

ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FATTY ACID METABOLISM; FATTY ACID OXIDATION; GLUCOSE METABOLISM; GLYCOGEN MUSCLE LEVEL; HUMAN; HYPERINSULINEMIA; MALE; MUSCLE BIOPSY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SKELETAL MUSCLE;

EID: 0031449348     PISSN: 00260495     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0026-0495(97)90147-5     Document Type: Article

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