Activities of enzymes involved in glutamine metabolism in connection with energy production in the gastrointestinal tract epithelium of newborn, suckling and weaned piglets

Biology of the Neonate

Volumn 75, Issue 4, 1999, Pages 250-258

  Madej, Malgorzata ^a   Lundh, Torbjörn ^a   Lindberg, Jan Erik ^a  

^a SWEDISH UNIVERSITY OF AGRICULTURAL SCIENCES   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Alanine aminotransferase; Gastrointestinal epithelium; Glutamate dehydrogenase; Glutaminase; Isocitrate dehydrogenase; Oxoglutarate dehydrogenase; Piglets

Indexed keywords

2 OXOGLUTARIC ACID; ACETYL COENZYME A; ALANINE AMINOTRANSFERASE; GLUTAMATE DEHYDROGENASE; GLUTAMINASE; GLUTAMINE; ISOCITRATE DEHYDROGENASE; OXOGLUTARATE DEHYDROGENASE;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; CITRIC ACID CYCLE; COLON; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENERGY; ENERGY METABOLISM; ENZYME ACTIVITY; ENZYME SUBSTRATE; INTESTINE EPITHELIUM; METABOLISM; NEWBORN; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SMALL INTESTINE; STOMACH; SUCKLING; SWINE; WEANING;

EID: 0033028518     PISSN: 00063126     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1159/000014102     Document Type: Article

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