l-Arginine Supplementation Protects Against Hepatic Ischemia-Reperfusion Lesions in Rabbits

Transplantation Proceedings

Volumn 41, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 816-819

  Taha, M O ^a   Simoes M J ^a   Haddad, M A ^a   Capelato, R C ^b   Budny, N ^b   Matsumoto, A H ^b   Soares, P C M ^b   Santos, W M ^b   Armeato, G D ^b   Araki, C M ^b   Gomes, J S M ^a   Magalhaes K G ^a   Tersariol, I L S ^c   Monteiro, H P ^a   Oliveira Jr , I ^a   Jurkiewicz, A ^a   Caricati Neto, A ^a  

^a FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF SÃO PAULO   (Brazil)

^b UNIVERSIDADE FEDERAL DA GRANDE DOURADOS   (Brazil)

^c UNIVERSIDADE DE MOGI DAS CRUZES   (Brazil)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALANINE AMINOTRANSFERASE; ARGININE; ASPARTATE AMINOTRANSFERASE; LACTATE DEHYDROGENASE; NITRIC OXIDE ARGININE; SODIUM CHLORIDE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ALANINE AMINOTRANSFERASE BLOOD LEVEL; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; APOPTOSIS; ARTICLE; ASPARTATE AMINOTRANSFERASE BLOOD LEVEL; CELL COUNT; CONTROLLED STUDY; DRUG EFFECT; LACTATE DEHYDROGENASE BLOOD LEVEL; LIVER ISCHEMIA; MALE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RABBIT; REPERFUSION INJURY; SUPPLEMENTATION;

ALANINE TRANSAMINASE; ANIMALS; ARGININE; ASPARTATE AMINOTRANSFERASES; L-LACTATE DEHYDROGENASE; LIVER CIRCULATION; LIVER DISEASES; MALE; NITRIC OXIDE; RABBITS; REPERFUSION INJURY; VASOCONSTRICTION;

EID: 64349084038     PISSN: 00411345     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.transproceed.2009.02.050     Document Type: Article

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