Oral supplementation with branched-chain amino acids improves transthyretin turnover in rats with carbon tetrachloride-induced liver cirrhosis

Journal of Nutrition

Volumn 126, Issue 5, 1996, Pages 1412-1420

  Usui, Toshio ^a   Moriwaki, Hisataka ^a   Hatakeyama, Hiroo ^a   Kasai, Tetsuhiro ^a   Kato, Masahiko ^a   Seishima, Mitsuru ^a   Okuno, Masataka ^a   Ohnishi, Hiroo ^a   Yoshida, Takashi ^a   Muto, Yasutoshi ^a  

^a GIFU UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Japan)

Author keywords

dietary branched chain amino acids; kinetic analysis; liver cirrhosis; rats; transthyretin

Indexed keywords

AMINO ACID; CARBON TETRACHLORIDE; CELLOBIOSE; ELENTAL; IODINE 125; IODINE 131; PREALBUMIN; TYRAMINE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIET SUPPLEMENTATION; LIVER CIRRHOSIS; MALE; NONHUMAN; ORAL DRUG ADMINISTRATION; PROTEIN DEGRADATION; PROTEIN METABOLISM; RAT;

ANIMALIA;

EID: 9244265020     PISSN: 00223166     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/jn/126.5.1412     Document Type: Article

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