The role of L-arginine in toxic liver failure: Interrelation of arginase, polyamine catabolic enzymes and nitric oxide synthase

Amino Acids

Volumn 32, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 127-131

  Nikolic, J ^a   Stojanovic, I ^a   Pavlovic, R ^a   Sokolovic, D ^a   Bjelakovic, G ^a   Beninati, S ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NI   (Serbia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ROME TOR VERGATA   (Italy)

Author keywords

Arginase; Diamine oxidase; Liver; Mercury chloride; Nitric oxide synthase; Polyamine oxidase

Indexed keywords

ALANINE AMINOTRANSFERASE; AMINE OXIDASE (COPPER CONTAINING); ARGINASE; ARGININE; ASPARTATE AMINOTRANSFERASE; MALONALDEHYDE; MERCURY CHLORIDE; NITRATE; NITRIC OXIDE; NITRIC OXIDE SYNTHASE; NITRITE; POLYAMINE OXIDASE;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; CATABOLISM; CONFERENCE PAPER; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENZYME ACTIVITY; ENZYME BLOOD LEVEL; LIVER; LIVER FAILURE; LIVER FUNCTION; LIVER TOXICITY; MALE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT;

EID: 33845260100     PISSN: 09394451     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00726-006-0309-y     Document Type: Conference Paper

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