... leukaemia and one patient with chronic myeloid leukaemia before and after chemotherapy. 2. Gas chromatography-mass spectrometry was used to determine plasma [ 15 N]glycine enrichment. Pool sizes and turnover rate constants were estimated from time-decay curves for isotope enrichment. 3. Turnover rate...

... in- farction, turnover rate. Present address: Medizinische Kliik, Universitgt Inselspital, 3010 Bern, Switzerland. Correspondence: Dr I. A. Nimmo, Department of Bio- chemistry, University Medical School, Teviot Place, Edin- burgh EH8 9AG, Scotland. Introduction Acute myocardial infarction is accompanied...

... to characterize plasma triglyceride transport. Key words : free fatty acid, triglyceride, lipoprotein, turnover rate, flux, kinetics, Intralipid, removal rate, pool. Elevated plasma triglyceride concentration is one of the lipid abnormalities associated with a high incidence of cardiovascular disease (Carlson...