Renal and hepatic nitrogen metabolism during NH4Cl ingestion in protein-deprived rats

European Journal of Biochemistry

Volumn 254, Issue 2, 1998, Pages 428-432

  Lardner, Anne L ^a   O'Donovan, Daniel J ^a  

^a NATIONAL UNIVERSITY OF IRELAND   (Ireland)

Author keywords

Ammonium chloride; Glutaminase; Nitrogen metabolism; Protein deprivation; Urea cycle

Indexed keywords

AMMONIA; AMMONIUM CHLORIDE; ARGINASE; ARGININOSUCCINATE LYASE; CARBAMOYL PHOSPHATE SYNTHASE; NITROGEN; ORNITHINE CARBAMOYLTRANSFERASE; PROTEIN; UREA;

ACIDOSIS; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BODY MASS; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENZYME ACTIVITY; FEMALE; KIDNEY MASS; KIDNEY METABOLISM; LIVER METABOLISM; LIVER WEIGHT; NITROGEN METABOLISM; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN RESTRICTION; RAT; UREA CYCLE; URINARY EXCRETION;

ANIMALIA;

EID: 0032102278     PISSN: 00142956     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1432-1327.1998.2540428.x     Document Type: Article

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