L-propionyl carnitine, an endogenous ester in fatty acid metabolism, exerts anti-shock and endothelial protective effects in rat splanchnic ischemia-reperfusion injury

Shock

Volumn 9, Issue 3, 1998, Pages 216-222

  Stroh, Rebecca ^a   Christopher, Theodore A ^a   Lopez, Bernard L ^a   Guo, Ya Ping ^a   Amico Roxas, M ^c   Ma, Xin Liang ^a,b  

^a THOMAS JEFFERSON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b THOMAS JEFFERSON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c NONE

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CARNITINE; DRUG DERIVATIVE; FATTY ACID; PEROXIDASE; PROPIONYLCARNITINE;

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; BLOOD PRESSURE; DRUG EFFECT; ENZYMOLOGY; INTESTINE; MALE; MESENTERIC ARTERY; MESENTERIC BLOOD VESSEL OCCLUSION; METABOLISM; NEUTROPHIL; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; RAT; REPERFUSION INJURY; SHOCK; SPLANCHNIC BLOOD FLOW; SPRAGUE DAWLEY RAT; SURVIVAL RATE; TIME; VASCULAR ENDOTHELIUM;

ANIMALS; BLOOD PRESSURE; CARNITINE; ENDOTHELIUM, VASCULAR; FATTY ACIDS; INTESTINES; MALE; MESENTERIC ARTERIES; MESENTERIC VASCULAR OCCLUSION; NEUTROPHILS; PEROXIDASE; RATS; RATS, SPRAGUE-DAWLEY; REPERFUSION INJURY; SHOCK; SPLANCHNIC CIRCULATION; SURVIVAL RATE; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 0032014455     PISSN: 10732322     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00024382-199803000-00010     Document Type: Article

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