Failure of carnitine in improving hepatic nitrogen content in alcoholic and non-alcoholic malnourished rats

Failure of carnitine in improving hepatic nitrogen content in alcoholic and non-alcoholic malnourished rats

AIMS: To investigate the effect of carnitine supplementation on alcoholic malnourished rats' hepatic nitrogen content. METHODS: Malnourished rats, on 50% protein-calorie restriction with free access to water (malnutrition group) and malnourished rats under the same conditions with free access t...

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Main Authors: Luciana P. Rodrigues, Guilherme Vannucchi Portari, Gilberto João Padovan, Alceu Afonso Jordão, Vivian Suen, Julio Sergio Marchini
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Faculdade de Medicina / USP 2010-01-01
Series:Clinics
Subjects:
L-carnitine
Undernourishment
Alcoholism
Liver nitrogen
Liver fat
Online Access:http://www.scielo.br/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S1807-59322010000900011

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