Oral Sorbent AST-120 Increases Renal NO Synthesis in Uremic Rats

Journal of Renal Nutrition

Volumn 18, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 60-64

  Tumur, Zohra ^a   Niwa, Toshimitsu ^a  

^a NAGOYA UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AST 120; CARBON; CREATININE; ENDOTHELIAL NITRIC OXIDE SYNTHASE; INDICAN; NITRIC OXIDE; OXIDE;

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; BIOSYNTHESIS; BLOOD; BODY WEIGHT; CHRONIC KIDNEY FAILURE; DISEASE MODEL; DRUG EFFECT; ENZYMOLOGY; KIDNEY; MALE; METABOLISM; NEPHRECTOMY; RAT; REFERENCE VALUE; SPRAGUE DAWLEY RAT; UREA NITROGEN BLOOD LEVEL; UREMIA; URINE;

ANIMALS; BLOOD UREA NITROGEN; BODY WEIGHT; CARBON; CREATININE; DISEASE MODELS, ANIMAL; INDICAN; KIDNEY; KIDNEY FAILURE, CHRONIC; MALE; NEPHRECTOMY; NITRIC OXIDE; NITRIC OXIDE SYNTHASE TYPE III; OXIDES; RATS; RATS, SPRAGUE-DAWLEY; REFERENCE VALUES; UREMIA;

RATTUS;

EID: 37049007816     PISSN: 10512276     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1053/j.jrn.2007.10.013     Document Type: Article

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