Regulation of urea synthesis by agmatine in the perfused liver: Studies with 15N

American Journal of Physiology - Endocrinology and Metabolism

Volumn 283, Issue 6 46-6, 2002, Pages

  Nissim, Itzhak ^a,b   Horyn, Oksana ^a   Daikhin, Yevgeny ^a   Nissim, Ilana ^a   Lazarow, Adam ^a   Yudkoff, Marc ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA   (United States)

^b CHILDREN S HOSPITAL OF PHILADELPHIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Arginine; Carbamoyl phosphate synthetase I; Hyperammonemia; N acetylglutamate; Nitric oxide

Indexed keywords

AGMATINE; AMMONIA; AMMONIUM CHLORIDE; ARGININE; ARGININE DERIVATIVE; GLUTAMINE; N ACETYLGLUTAMIC ACID; NITRIC OXIDE; NITROGEN 15; UREA;

ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; HYPERAMMONEMIA; INBORN ERROR OF METABOLISM; LIVER DISEASE; LIVER METABOLISM; LIVER PERFUSION; MALE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN DIET; RAT; UREA CYCLE;

EID: 0036889214     PISSN: 01931849     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1152/ajpendo.00246.2002     Document Type: Article

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