Changes in hepatic nitrogen metabolism in isolated perfused liver during the development of thioacetamide-induced cirrhosis in rats

Toxicology

Volumn 135, Issue 1, 1999, Pages 21-31

  Masumi, Shigeru ^a,b   Moriyama, Mitsuaki ^a   Kannan, Yukiko ^a   Ohta, Mitsuaki ^a   Koshitani, Osamu ^b   Sawamoto, Osamu ^b   Sugano, Tsukasa ^a  

^a Osaka Prefecture University   (Japan)

^b Naruto Research Institute   (Japan)

Author keywords

Amino acids; Ammonia; Liver dysfunction; Liver perfusion; Thioacetamide (TAA); Ureagenesis

Indexed keywords

GLUTAMATE AMMONIA LIGASE; GLUTAMATE DEHYDROGENASE; GLUTAMINASE; GLUTAMINE; THIOACETAMIDE; UREA;

ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; ENZYME ACTIVITY; FEMALE; HYPERAMMONEMIA; ISOLATED LIVER; LIVER CIRRHOSIS; LIVER DYSFUNCTION; LIVER HISTOLOGY; LIVER PERFUSION; NITROGEN METABOLISM; NONHUMAN; OXYGEN CONSUMPTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT;

ALANINE TRANSAMINASE; AMMONIA; ANIMALS; ASPARTATE AMINOTRANSFERASES; DIET; FEMALE; GLUTAMATE DEHYDROGENASE; GLUTAMATE-AMMONIA LIGASE; GLUTAMINASE; GLUTAMINE; LIVER; LIVER CIRRHOSIS, EXPERIMENTAL; NITROGEN; PERFUSION; RATS; RATS, SPRAGUE-DAWLEY; THIOACETAMIDE; TIME FACTORS; UREA;

EID: 0033028799     PISSN: 0300483X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0300-483X(99)00042-6     Document Type: Article

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