Carnitine import to isolated hepatocytes and synthesis are accelerated in pivalate-treated rats

Journal of Nutrition

Volumn 129, Issue 9, 1999, Pages 1688-1691

  Nakajima, Hiroshi ^a,b   Inoue, Fumio ^a   Kizaki, Zenro ^a   Terada, Naoto ^a   Okochi, Masakazu ^a   Kinugasa, Akihiko ^a   Sawada, Tadashi ^a  

^a KYOTO PREFECTURAL UNIVERSITY OF MEDICINE   (Japan)

^b Social Insurance Kyoto Hospital   (Japan)

Author keywords

Carnitine; Hepatocytes; Pivalate; Rats; Tandem mass spectrometry

Indexed keywords

ACYLCARNITINE; CARNITINE; CARNITINE DERIVATIVE; GAMMA BUTYROBETAINE; PIVALIC ACID;

AMINO ACID SYNTHESIS; AMINO ACID TRANSPORT; ANIMAL CELL; ARTICLE; CARNITINE DEFICIENCY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DOSE TIME EFFECT RELATION; LIVER CELL; LIVER LEVEL; MALE; NONHUMAN; RAT; REACTION ANALYSIS; REACTION TIME; TISSUE DISTRIBUTION; TRANSPORT KINETICS;

ANIMALIA;

EID: 0032838742     PISSN: 00223166     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/jn/129.9.1688     Document Type: Article

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