Experimental β-alaninuria induced by (aminooxy)acetate

Acta Medica Okayama

Volumn 53, Issue 1, 1999, Pages 13-18

  Kurozumi, Yoshiatsu ^a   Abe, Tadashi ^a   Yao, Wen Bin ^a   Ubuka, Toshihiko ^a  

^a OKAYAMA UNIVERSITY MEDICAL SCHOOL   (Japan)

Author keywords

alanine; aminoisobutyric acid; aminobutyric acid; (aminooxy)acetate; Aminotransferase

Indexed keywords

2 AMINO 2 METHYLPROPIONIC ACID; 3 AMINO 2 METHYLPROPIONIC ACID; 3-AMINOISOBUTYRIC ACID; 4 AMINOBUTYRIC ACID; AMINOOXYACETIC ACID; AMINOTRANSFERASE; BETA ALANINE; ENZYME INHIBITOR;

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; DRUG ANTAGONISM; HIGH PERFORMANCE LIQUID CHROMATOGRAPHY; MALE; METABOLISM; METHODOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGY; RAT; TISSUE DISTRIBUTION; URINE; WISTAR RAT;

AMINOISOBUTYRIC ACIDS; AMINOOXYACETIC ACID; ANIMALS; BETA-ALANINE; CHROMATOGRAPHY, HIGH PRESSURE LIQUID; ENZYME INHIBITORS; GAMMA-AMINOBUTYRIC ACID; MALE; RATS; RATS, WISTAR; TISSUE DISTRIBUTION; TRANSAMINASES;

EID: 0033073142     PISSN: 0386300X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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