Entry of [(1,2-13C2)acetyl]-L-carnitine in liver tricarboxylic acid cycle and lipogenesis. A study by 13C NMR spectroscopy in conscious, freely moving rats

European Journal of Biochemistry

Volumn 263, Issue 1, 1999, Pages 287-291

  Aureli, Tommaso ^a   Puccetti, Caterina ^b   Di Cocco, Maria Enrica ^b   Arduini, Arduino ^a   Ricciolini, Rita ^a   Scalibastri, Maurizio ^a   Manetti, Cesare ^b   Conti, Filippo ^b  

^a Sigma Tau SpA   (Italy)

^b SAPIENZA UNIVERSITY OF ROME   (Italy)

Author keywords

Acetyl L carnitine; Carbon 13; Cholesterol; Lipogenesis; NMR spectroscopy

Indexed keywords

CHOLESTEROL; GLUTAMIC ACID; GLUTAMINE; GLUTATHIONE; LEVACECARNINE;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BLOOD SAMPLING; CARBON NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE; CHOLESTEROL SYNTHESIS; CITRIC ACID CYCLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENZYME ACTIVITY; LIPOGENESIS; LIVER METABOLISM; LIVER MITOCHONDRION; MALE; METABOLISM; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT;

EID: 0033167933     PISSN: 00142956     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1432-1327.1999.00524.x     Document Type: Article

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