Metabolic effects of L-carnitine on prepubertal rat Sertoli cells

Hormone and Metabolic Research

Volumn 32, Issue 3, 2000, Pages 87-90

  Palmero, S ^a   Bottazzi, C ^a   Costa, M ^a   Leone, M ^a   Fugassa, E ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GENOA   (Italy)

Author keywords

Male Reproductive Function; Metabolism; Testis

Indexed keywords

CARNITINE; FATTY ACID;

ANIMAL CELL; ARTICLE; FATTY ACID METABOLISM; GLYCOLYSIS; LIPID METABOLISM; MALE; MALE GENITAL SYSTEM; NONHUMAN; PREPUBERTY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; SERTOLI CELL; TESTIS CELL;

ANIMALIA;

EID: 0034036503     PISSN: 00185043     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1055/s-2007-978596     Document Type: Article

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