Lactate as a fuel for mitochondrial respiration

Acta Physiologica Scandinavica

Volumn 168, Issue 4, 2000, Pages 643-656

  Van Hall, G ^a  

^a Rigshospitalet   (Denmark)

Author keywords

Exercise; Isotopes; Lactate dehydrogenase; Lactate shuttle; Oxidation; Pyruvate; Skeletal muscle

Indexed keywords

ISOTOPE; LACTATE DEHYDROGENASE; LACTIC ACID; PYRUVIC ACID;

CIRCULATION; CONFERENCE PAPER; EXERCISE; HUMAN; METABOLISM; MITOCHONDRIAL RESPIRATION; MUSCLE CONTRACTION; MUSCLE FATIGUE; OXIDATION; OXYGENATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SKELETAL MUSCLE;

ANIMALS; HUMANS; LACTIC ACID; MITOCHONDRIA, MUSCLE; MUSCLE CONTRACTION; MUSCLE, SKELETAL; OXYGEN CONSUMPTION;

EID: 0034033690     PISSN: 00016772     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1365-201X.2000.00716.x     Document Type: Conference Paper

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