Hepatic taurine, glycine and individual bile acids in early human fetus

Early Human Development

Volumn 57, Issue 1, 2000, Pages 71-77

  Itoh, Susumu ^a   Onishi, Shoju ^a  

^a KAGAWA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Bile acid pool; Hepatic bile acids; HPLC; Lithocholic acid; Taurine metabolism

Indexed keywords

BILE ACID; GLYCINE; LITHOCHOLIC ACID; TAURINE;

ARTICLE; BILE ACID METABOLISM; CONJUGATION; FETUS; FETUS LIVER; GESTATIONAL AGE; HIGH PERFORMANCE LIQUID CHROMATOGRAPHY; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; INDUCED ABORTION; LIVER;

ABORTION, INDUCED; BILE ACIDS AND SALTS; CHROMATOGRAPHY, HIGH PRESSURE LIQUID; FEMALE; GESTATIONAL AGE; GLYCINE; HUMANS; LIVER; PREGNANCY; TAURINE;

EID: 0033986910     PISSN: 03783782     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0378-3782(99)00053-5     Document Type: Article

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