The stable isotope ketoisocaproic acid breath test as a measure of hepatic decarboxylation capacity: A quantitative analysis in normal subjects after oral and intravenous administration

Liver International

Volumn 29, Issue 9, 2009, Pages 1356-1364

  Berthold, Heiner K ^a,b   Giesen, Thomas A H ^a   Gouni Berthold, Ioanna ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BONN   (Germany)

^b CHARITÉ UNIVERSITÄTSMEDIZIN BERLIN   (Germany)

^c UNIVERSITY OF COLOGNE   (Germany)

Author keywords

Breath test; Ketoisocaproic acid; Leucine metabolism; Liver function; Mitochondrial function; Stable isotope

Indexed keywords

2 OXOISOCAPROIC ACID; CARBON 13; CARBON DIOXIDE; WATER; ALPHA-KETOISOCAPROIC ACID; CARBON; LEUCINE; OXOACID;

ADULT; ARTICLE; BODY COMPOSITION; BODY WATER; BREATH ANALYSIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; DECARBOXYLATION; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; DRUG DOSAGE FORM COMPARISON; DRUG EXCRETION; DRUG METABOLISM; FEMALE; HUMAN; IMPEDANCE; LEAN BODY WEIGHT; LIVER DISEASE; LIVER FUNCTION TEST; MALE; MASS SPECTROMETRY; MATHEMATICAL ANALYSIS; NORMAL HUMAN; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; SEX DIFFERENCE; VOLUNTEER; BLOOD; INTRAVENOUS DRUG ADMINISTRATION; LIVER; METABOLISM; MIDDLE AGED; ORAL DRUG ADMINISTRATION; SEXUAL DEVELOPMENT;

ADMINISTRATION, ORAL; ADULT; BREATH TESTS; CARBON DIOXIDE; CARBON ISOTOPES; DECARBOXYLATION; FEMALE; HUMANS; INJECTIONS, INTRAVENOUS; KETO ACIDS; LEUCINE; LIVER; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; SEX CHARACTERISTICS;

EID: 70449723407     PISSN: 14783223     EISSN: 14783231     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1478-3231.2009.02072.x     Document Type: Article

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