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Effect of Methylguanidine on Muscle Protein Synthesis

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Methylguanidine (MG) is increased in the serum of uremic patients1. Giovannetti et al. considered it one of the most important uremic toxins, since the administration of MG to dogs resulted in weight loss, gastrointestinal disturbance, anemia and so on2.

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  1. First Department of Medicine, Osaka University Medical School, Osaka 553, Japan

    Masamitsu Fujii, Akio Ando, Hiroshi Mikami, Akira Okada, Enyu Imai, Yukifumi Kokuba, Yoshimasa Orita & Hiroshi Abe

  2. Department of Nutritional Chemistry, Tokushima University Medical School, Tokushima 770, Japan

    Yaeta Endo, Kazuo Chiku & Yasuo Natori

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  1. Inst. for Neurobiology, Okayama University Medical School, Okayama 700, Japan

    Akitane Mori

  2. The Bronx Lebanon Hospital Center, Bronx, New York, USA

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  3. Laboratory of Neurochemistry, Born-Bunge Foundation, Universitaire Instelling Antwerpen, 2610, Wilrijk, Belgium

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Fujii, M. et al. (1985). Effect of Methylguanidine on Muscle Protein Synthesis. In: Mori, A., Cohen, B.D., Lowenthal, A. (eds) Guanidines. Springer, Boston, MA. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4757-0752-6_20

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