Effect of taurine and β-alanine on morphological changes of pancreas in streptozotocin-induced rats

Advances in Experimental Medicine and Biology

Volumn 483, Issue , 2000, Pages 571-577

  Chang, Kyung Ja ^a  

^a Inha University   (South Korea)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BETA ALANINE; STREPTOZOCIN; TAURINE;

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; CHEMICALLY INDUCED DISORDER; DIET SUPPLEMENTATION; DRUG EFFECT; EXPERIMENTAL DIABETES MELLITUS; MALE; PANCREAS; PANCREAS ISLET; PATHOLOGY; RAT; SPRAGUE DAWLEY RAT; ULTRASTRUCTURE;

ANIMALS; BETA-ALANINE; DIABETES MELLITUS, EXPERIMENTAL; DIETARY SUPPLEMENTS; ISLETS OF LANGERHANS; MALE; PANCREAS; RATS; RATS, SPRAGUE-DAWLEY; STREPTOZOCIN; TAURINE;

EID: 0034585414     PISSN: 00652598     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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