Ammonium uptake and urea production in hepatocytes from lean and obese Zucker rats

Molecular and Cellular Biochemistry

Volumn 200, Issue 1-2, 1999, Pages 163-167

  Herrero, M Carmen ^a   Remesar, Xavier ^b   Arola, Lluís ^a   Bladé, Cinta ^a  

^a UNIVERSITAT ROVIRA I VIRGILI   (Spain)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BARCELONA   (Spain)

Author keywords

Ammonium uptake; Cafeteria diet; Hepatocytes; Obesity; Urea synthesis; Zucker rat

Indexed keywords

ALANINE; AMMONIA; NITROGEN; UREA;

ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ARTICLE; CELL FUNCTION; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIET; GENETIC PREDISPOSITION; LIVER CELL; MALE; NITROGEN METABOLISM; NONHUMAN; OBESITY; PROTEIN DEGRADATION; RAT; UREA CYCLE;

ALANINE; ANIMALS; BIOLOGICAL TRANSPORT, ACTIVE; LIVER; MALE; NITROGEN; OBESITY; QUATERNARY AMMONIUM COMPOUNDS; RATS; RATS, ZUCKER; UREA;

EID: 0032832512     PISSN: 03008177     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/A:1007003519678     Document Type: Article

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