Dietary amino acid taurine ameliorates liver injury in chronic hepatitis patients

Amino Acids

Volumn 35, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 469-473

  Hu, Y H ^a,b   Lin, C L ^a   Huang, Y W ^b,c   Liu, P E ^d   Hwang, D F ^b  

^a Taoyuan Veterans Hospital   (Taiwan)

^b NATIONAL TAIWAN OCEAN UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

^c UNIVERSITY OF GEORGIA   (United States)

^d Ever Spring Clinic Association   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

Alanine aminotransferase; Antioxidation; Hapatitis patient; Liver function; Taurine

Indexed keywords

ALANINE AMINOTRANSFERASE; ASPARTATE AMINOTRANSFERASE; CHOLESTEROL; TAURINE; THIOBARBITURIC ACID; TRIACYLGLYCEROL;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CHOLESTEROL BLOOD LEVEL; CHRONIC HEPATITIS; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIET THERAPY; DIETARY INTAKE; ENZYME ACTIVITY; FEMALE; HUMAN; LIVER FUNCTION; LIVER INJURY; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TRIACYLGLYCEROL BLOOD LEVEL;

ADMINISTRATION, ORAL; ADULT; AGED; ALANINE TRANSAMINASE; ASPARTATE AMINOTRANSFERASES; CHOLESTEROL; DIETARY SUPPLEMENTS; DOSE-RESPONSE RELATIONSHIP, DRUG; DRUG ADMINISTRATION SCHEDULE; FEMALE; HEPATITIS C, CHRONIC; HUMANS; LIVER; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PLACEBOS; TAURINE; THIOBARBITURIC ACID REACTIVE SUBSTANCES; TIME FACTORS; TREATMENT OUTCOME; TRIGLYCERIDES;

EID: 49749121094     PISSN: 09394451     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00726-007-0565-5     Document Type: Article

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