Beneficial effects of branched-chain amino acids on altered protein and amino acid metabolism in liver cirrhosis: Evaluation in a model of liver cirrhosis induced in rats with carbon tetrachloride

Hepatology Research

Volumn 27, Issue 2, 2003, Pages 117-123

  Matsuoka, Chikako ^a,b   Tanaka, Naohide ^a   Arakawa, Yasuyuki ^a  

^a NIHON UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Japan)

^b SURUGADAI NIHON UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Japan)

Author keywords

Ammonia metabolism; Branched chain amino acid; Carbon tetrachloride; Liver cirrhosis

Indexed keywords

3 METHYLHISTIDINE; AMMONIA; BRANCHED CHAIN AMINO ACID; CARBON TETRACHLORIDE; GLUTAMINE; METHIONINE; ORNITHINE CARBAMOYLTRANSFERASE; PROTEIN; TYROSINE;

AMINO ACID METABOLISM; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BLOOD SAMPLING; CONCENTRATION (PARAMETERS); CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE SEVERITY; ENZYME ACTIVITY; FOOD COMPOSITION; LIVER CIRRHOSIS; MALE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN METABOLISM; RAT; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS;

EID: 0142211196     PISSN: 13866346     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S1386-6346(03)00204-3     Document Type: Article

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