The effect of taurine administration on vitamin C levels of several tissues in mice

Amino Acids

Volumn 27, Issue 2, 2004, Pages 225-228

  Kaplan, B ^a   Dincer S ^b   Babul A ^b   Duyar, I ^c  

^a BASKENT UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

^b GAZI UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

^c ANKARA UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

Author keywords

Mice; Taurine; Vitamin C

Indexed keywords

ASCORBIC ACID; ESSENTIAL AMINO ACID; TAURINE;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BRAIN TISSUE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HISTOCHEMISTRY; KIDNEY PARENCHYMA; LIVER; MALE; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; PHARMACODYNAMICS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TISSUE LEVEL; VITAMIN BLOOD LEVEL; VITAMIN METABOLISM;

ANIMALS; ASCORBIC ACID; BRAIN; FEMALE; KIDNEY; LIVER; MALE; MICE; SKIN; TAURINE; TISSUE DISTRIBUTION;

ANIMALIA;

EID: 8644254974     PISSN: 09394451     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00726-003-0049-1     Document Type: Article

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