Total acid soluble and insoluble carnitine levels in human brain tumors

Cancer Biochemistry Biophysics

Volumn 17, Issue 1-2, 1999, Pages 49-57

  Sandikci, K S ^a   Gumustas M K ^a   Tuter Y ^a   Kokoglu E ^a   Ozyurt E ^a   Sozer V ^b  

^a ISTANBUL UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

^b YILDIZ TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

Author keywords

Acid insoluble carnitine; Acid soluble carnitine; Acylcarnitine; Human brain tumors; Total carnitine

Indexed keywords

CARNITINE; MEMBRANE LIPID; PERCHLORIC ACID; SOLVENT;

ADENOCARCINOMA; ARTICLE; ASTROCYTOMA; BRAIN TUMOR; CHEMISTRY; COMPARATIVE STUDY; ENERGY METABOLISM; GLIOMA; HUMAN; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; LIPID METABOLISM; MEDULLOBLASTOMA; MENINGIOMA; METABOLISM; METASTASIS; MITOCHONDRION; NEURILEMOMA; OXIDATION REDUCTION REACTION; PH; PHYSIOLOGY; SOLUBILITY; TUMOR RECURRENCE;

ADENOCARCINOMA; ASTROCYTOMA; BRAIN NEOPLASMS; CARNITINE; ENERGY METABOLISM; GLIOMA; HUMANS; HYDROGEN-ION CONCENTRATION; LIPID METABOLISM; MEDULLOBLASTOMA; MEMBRANE LIPIDS; MENINGEAL NEOPLASMS; MENINGIOMA; MITOCHONDRIA; NEOPLASM RECURRENCE, LOCAL; NEURILEMMOMA; OXIDATION-REDUCTION; PERCHLORIC ACID; SOLUBILITY; SOLVENTS;

EID: 0032852894     PISSN: 03057232     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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