A comparative study of erythrocytic total, free, short-chain acyl and long-chain acyl carnitine concentrations in Arabian camel (Camelus dromedarius) with different species

Comparative Haematology International

Volumn 10, Issue 4, 2000, Pages 190-195

  Alhomida, A S ^a  

^a KING SAUD UNIVERSITY   (Saudi Arabia)

Author keywords

Acylcarnitine; Carnitine; Erythrocytes

Indexed keywords

ACETYLCARNITINE; CARNITINE; FATTY ACID; LIPID;

ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CAMEL; CATTLE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONCENTRATION (PARAMETERS); CONTROLLED STUDY; DESERT; ENERGY; ERYTHROCYTE; FATTY ACID OXIDATION; HEART; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; LIPID METABOLISM; MALE; NONHUMAN; RABBIT; RAT; SHEEP; SKELETAL MUSCLE; SPECIES;

EID: 0034436333     PISSN: 09387714     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s005800170003     Document Type: Article

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