Glycogen synthesis in tumor-bearing rats after ingestion of a high- glycerol meal

Nutrition and Cancer

Volumn 30, Issue 1, 1998, Pages 59-63

  Obeid, Omar A ^a   Alhamdan, Adel A W ^a   Emery, Peter W ^a  

^a KING'S COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

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Indexed keywords

GLYCEROL; GLYCOGEN;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FOOD INTAKE; GLYCOGEN SYNTHESIS; LEYDIG CELL TUMOR; LIVER METABOLISM; MALE; NONHUMAN; ORGAN WEIGHT; POSTPRANDIAL STATE; PROTEIN DETERMINATION; RAT; WEIGHT GAIN;

ANIMALIA;

EID: 0031922527     PISSN: 01635581     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/01635589809514641     Document Type: Article

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