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In vivo carbon-13 nuclear magnetic resonance studies of mammals.

Alger JR; Sillerud LO; Behar KL; Gillies RJ; Shulman RG; Gordon RE; Shae D; Hanley PE;
Science (New York, N.Y.). 1981-Nov-6; 214(660-2):4521
 
Natural abundance carbon-13 nuclear magnetic resonances (NMR) from human arm and rat tissues have been observed in vivo. These signals arise primarily from triglycerides in fatty tissue. Carbon-13 NMR was also used to follow, in a living rat, the conversion of C-1-labeled glucose, which was introduced into the stomach, to C-1-labeled liver glycogen. The carbon-13 sensitivity and resolution obtained shows that natural abundance carbon-13 NMR will be valuable in the study of disorders in fat metabolism, and that experiments with substrates labeled with carbon-13 can be used to study carbohydrate metabolism in vivo.
 
PMID: 7292005    doi: 10.1002/ana.410160203
 

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