Dietary nucleotide supplementation reduces thioacetamide-induced liver fibrosis in rats

Journal of Nutrition

Volumn 132, Issue 4, 2002, Pages 652-657

  Pérez, María José ^a   Suárez, Antonio ^a   Gómez Capilla, Jose Antonio ^a   Sánchez Medina, Fermín ^a   Gil, Angel ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GRANADA   (Spain)

Author keywords

Dietary nucleotides; Liver fibrosis; Rats; Thioacetamide

Indexed keywords

COLLAGENASE; NUCLEOTIDE; THIOACETAMIDE;

ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; COLLAGEN SYNTHESIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIET SUPPLEMENTATION; ENZYME ACTIVITY; EXTRACELLULAR MATRIX; FEMALE; LIVER FIBROSIS; LIVER FUNCTION; NONHUMAN; RAT; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

ANIMALIA;

EID: 0036212555     PISSN: 00223166     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/jn/132.4.652     Document Type: Article

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