Human taurine metabolism: Fluxes and fractional extraction rates of the gut, liver, and kidneys

Metabolism: Clinical and Experimental

Volumn 61, Issue 7, 2012, Pages 1036-1040

  Van Stijn, Mireille F M ^a,b   Vermeulen, Mechteld A R ^b   Siroen, Michiel P C ^b   Wong, Leanne N ^b   Van Den Tol, M Petrousjka ^b   Ligthart Melis, Gerdien C ^b   Houdijk, Alexander P J ^a   Van Leeuwen, Paul A M ^b  

^a Medical Centre Alkmaar   (Netherlands)

^b VU UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

TAURINE;

ADULT; AGED; AMINO ACID METABOLISM; ARTICLE; BLOOD ANALYSIS; BLOOD FLOWMETRY; CLINICAL ARTICLE; DOPPLER FLOWMETRY; EXPLORATORY RESEARCH; FEMALE; HEPATIC VEIN; HIGH PERFORMANCE LIQUID CHROMATOGRAPHY; HUMAN; INTESTINE; KIDNEY; KIDNEY VEIN; LIVER; LIVER SURGERY; MALE; PORTAL VEIN; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

ADULT; AGED; FEMALE; GASTROINTESTINAL TRACT; HUMANS; KIDNEY; LIVER; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; TAURINE;

EID: 84862145353     PISSN: 00260495     EISSN: 15328600     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.metabol.2011.12.005     Document Type: Article

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