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Effects of a high protein diet and liver disease in an in silico model of human ammonia metabolism
BACKGROUND: After proteolysis, the majority of released amino acids from dietary protein are transported to the liver for gluconeogenesis or to peripheral tissues where they are used for protein synthesis and eventually catabolized, producing ammonia as a byproduct. High ammonia levels in the brain...
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Formato: | Online Artículo Texto |
Lenguaje: | English |
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BioMed Central
2019
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Acceso en línea: | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6670211/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/31366360 http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/s12976-019-0109-1 |