Ascorbic acid, a vitamin, is observed by in vivo 13C nuclear magnetic resonance spectroscopy of rat liver

American Journal of Physiology - Endocrinology and Metabolism

Volumn 274, Issue 1 37-1, 1998, Pages

  Küstermann, Ekkehard ^a,b   Seelig, Joachim ^a   Künnecke, Basil ^a,c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BASEL   (Switzerland)

^b MASSACHUSETTS GENERAL HOSPITAL   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF BASEL   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Ascorbic acid turnover; Glucose metabolism; Isotopomer analysis; Spin coupling

Indexed keywords

ASCORBIC ACID; GLUCOSE;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; CARBON NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE; CONTROLLED STUDY; GLUCOSE METABOLISM; LIVER METABOLISM; MALE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTON NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE; RAT; VITAMIN METABOLISM;

EID: 0031951446     PISSN: 01931849     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1152/ajpendo.1998.274.1.e65     Document Type: Article

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