Nutritional and Acid-Base Aspects of Amino Acid Metabolism: 7th International Ammoniagenesis Workshop, Galway, May 20-23, 1996 (Contributions to Nephrology)

This volume is made up of papers presented at the 7th International Ammoniagenesis Workshop. The papers are organized into sections dealing with: ammonia-forming enzymes; molecular biological aspects of glutamine metabolism; metabolic alterations in acidosis; kidney and brain metabolism of glutamine and other amino acids; hepatic amino acid metabolism; renal utilization of various nitrogenous substances; and interorgan metabolism of ammonia and other substances.