Effect of carnitine on muscular glutamate uptake and intramuscular glutathione in malignant diseases

British Journal of Cancer

Volumn 82, Issue 2, 2000, Pages 399-403

  Breitkreutz, R ^a   Babylon, A ^a   Hack, V ^a   Schuster, K ^b   Tokus, M ^c   Bohles H ^d   Hagmuller E ^b   Edler, L ^a   Holm, E ^c   Droge W ^a  

^a GERMAN CANCER RESEARCH CENTER DKFZ   (Germany)

^b Chirurgische Klinik   (Germany)

^c I Medizinische Klinik   (Germany)

^d Deutsches Krebsforschungszentrum ^*

Author keywords

Amino acid exchange rates; Carnitine; Glutamate transport; Glutathione

Indexed keywords

CARNITINE; GLUTAMIC ACID; GLUTATHIONE;

ADULT; AGED; AMINO ACID BLOOD LEVEL; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DOUBLE BLIND PROCEDURE; ENERGY METABOLISM; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; MALIGNANT NEOPLASTIC DISEASE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL;

EID: 0033963083     PISSN: 00070920     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1054/bjoc.1999.0933     Document Type: Article

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