The effects of dietary flaxseed on the Fischer 344 rat: II. Liver γ-glutamyltranspeptidase activity

Cell Biochemistry and Function

Volumn 22, Issue 4, 2004, Pages 225-231

  Hemmings, Susan J ^a   Westcott, Neil ^b   Muir, Alister ^b   Czechowicz, Dominika ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SASKATCHEWAN   (Canada)

^b SASKATOON RESEARCH CENTRE   (Canada)

Author keywords

glutamyltranspeptidase; Flaxseed; Hepatoprotection; Rat liver; Secoisolariciresinol diglucoside

Indexed keywords

ALANINE AMINOTRANSFERASE; GAMMA GLUTAMYLTRANSFERASE; GLUCOSIDE; LIGNAN; SECOISOLARICIRESINOL DIGLUCOSIDE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ALANINE AMINOTRANSFERASE BLOOD LEVEL; ANIMAL BEHAVIOR; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CELL MEMBRANE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIET; ENZYME ACTIVATION; ENZYME ACTIVITY; FOOD INTAKE; GLUCOSE BLOOD LEVEL; HEAT TREATMENT; LINSEED; LIVER FUNCTION; LIVER HOMOGENATE; LIVER INJURY; LIVER PROTECTION; NONHUMAN; PHYSICAL ACTIVITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; RAT; TOXICITY;

ALANINE TRANSAMINASE; ALPHA-LINOLENIC ACID; ANIMAL FEED; ANIMALS; BODY WEIGHT; BUTYLENE GLYCOLS; CELL MEMBRANE; CYTOSOL; DIETARY FATS, UNSATURATED; FLAX; GAMMA-GLUTAMYLTRANSFERASE; GLUCOSIDES; KIDNEY; LINSEED OIL; LIVER; LIVER DISEASES; MALE; PHYTOTHERAPY; RATS; RATS, INBRED F344; SEEDS; SEX CHARACTERISTICS;

LINUM USITATISSIMUM;

EID: 3142557904     PISSN: 02636484     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/cbf.1092     Document Type: Article

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