Effects of various kinds of dietary amino acids on the hepatotoxic action of d-galactosamine in rats

Bioscience, Biotechnology and Biochemistry

Volumn 63, Issue 2, 1999, Pages 319-322

  Wang, Binbin ^a   Ishihara, Moyuru ^a   Egashira, Yukari ^a   Ohta, Takeo ^a   Sanada, Hiroo ^a  

^a CHIBA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Amino acids; D galactosamine; Glutamine; Hepatitis; Serine

Indexed keywords

ALANINE AMINOTRANSFERASE; AMINO ACID; ASPARTATE AMINOTRANSFERASE; CASEIN; GALACTOSAMINE; GLYCOGEN; LACTATE DEHYDROGENASE;

ANIMAL; ANIMAL HEPATITIS; ARTICLE; BLOOD; BODY WEIGHT; EATING; GLUCOSE BLOOD LEVEL; LIVER; MALE; METABOLISM; RAT; WISTAR RAT;

ALANINE TRANSAMINASE; AMINO ACIDS; ANIMALS; ASPARTATE AMINOTRANSFERASES; BLOOD GLUCOSE; BODY WEIGHT; CASEINS; EATING; GALACTOSAMINE; GLYCOGEN; HEPATITIS, ANIMAL; L-LACTATE DEHYDROGENASE; LIVER; MALE; RATS; RATS, WISTAR;

EID: 0033073489     PISSN: 09168451     EISSN: 13476947     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1271/bbb.63.319     Document Type: Article

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