Role of ornithine in the n-acetylglutamate turnover in the liver of rats

Bioscience, Biotechnology and Biochemistry

Volumn 63, Issue 3, 1999, Pages 506-509

  Hayase, Kazutoshi ^a   Yoshida, Akira ^b  

^a AICHI UNIVERSITY OF EDUCATION   (Japan)

^b Nagoya Bunri College   (Japan)

Author keywords

N acetylglutamate degradation; N acetylglutamate synthesis; Ornithine; Urea synthesis

Indexed keywords

GLUTAMIC ACID DERIVATIVE; N ACETYLGLUTAMIC ACID; N-ACETYLGLUTAMATE; ORNITHINE; UREA;

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; BIOSYNTHESIS; BLOOD; BODY WEIGHT; DIET; DRUG EFFECT; HALF LIFE TIME; LIVER; MALE; METABOLISM; ORGAN SIZE; RAT; WISTAR RAT;

ANIMALS; BODY WEIGHT; DIET; GLUTAMATES; HALF-LIFE; LIVER; MALE; ORGAN SIZE; ORNITHINE; RATS; RATS, WISTAR; UREA;

EID: 0033088580     PISSN: 09168451     EISSN: 13476947     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1271/bbb.63.506     Document Type: Article

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