Effects of L-carnitine on the formation of fatty acid ethyl esters in brain and peripheral organs after short-term ethanol administration in rat

Neurochemical Research

Volumn 24, Issue 1, 1999, Pages 79-84

  Calabrese, V ^a   Rizza, V ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CATANIA   (Italy)

Author keywords

Ethanol; Fatty acid ethyl esters; Glutathione S transferase; L carnitine

Indexed keywords

ALCOHOL; CARNITINE; FATTY ACID ESTER; GLUTATHIONE TRANSFERASE;

ALCOHOL BLOOD LEVEL; ALCOHOL CONSUMPTION; ALCOHOLISM; AMINO ACID METABOLISM; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ARTICLE; BRAIN METABOLISM; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENZYME ACTIVITY; ENZYME SPECIFICITY; FATTY ACID SYNTHESIS; LIPID METABOLISM; MEDIATOR RELEASE; MITOCHONDRIAL MEMBRANE; NONHUMAN; OXIDATIVE PHOSPHORYLATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT;

ALCOHOL DRINKING; ANIMALS; BRAIN; CARNITINE; ESTERS; ETHANOL; FATTY ACIDS; GLUTATHIONE TRANSFERASE; KIDNEY; LIVER; MALE; MYOCARDIUM; RATS; RATS, WISTAR; TIME FACTORS;

ANIMALIA;

EID: 0032926538     PISSN: 03643190     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/A:1020984114824     Document Type: Article

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