Wolfe, Robert R. <br/><br/>
Isotope tracers in metabolic research :  Principles and practice of kinetic analysis / 
Robert R. Wolfe, David L. Chinkes. 
 - 2nd ed. 
 - Hoboken, N.J. :  Wiley-Liss,  2005. 
 - vii, 474 p. :  ill. ;  26 cm. 
<br/><br/> Rev. ed. of: Radioactive and stable isotope tracers in biomedicine / Robert R. Wolfe. c1992. 
<br/><br/>Includes bibliogr. references and index. 
<br/><br/>Basic characteristics of isotopic tracers -- Calculating specific activity and radiation dosages -- Calculation of substrate kinetics : single-pool model -- Calculation of substrate kinetics : multiple-pool model -- Mass spectrometry : instrumentation -- Determination of isotopic enrichment -- Measurement of substrate oxidation -- Measurement of total energy expenditure using the doubly-labeled water method -- Mass isotopomer distribution analysis -- Glucose metabolism -- Lipid kinetics -- Whole body protein synthesis and breakdown -- Measurement of the synthesis of specific proteins -- Measurement of regional or tissue protein breakdown -- Arterial-venous balance technique to measure amino acid kinetics -- Nuclear magnetic resonance. 
<br/><br/><label>ISBN: </label>0471462098 (cloth) 
<br/><br/><label>Subjects--Topical Terms: </label><br/>Radioactive tracers in biochemistry.<br/>Metabolism--Research--Methodology.<br/>Isotope Labeling--methods.<br/>Metabolism<br/>Spectrum Analysis, Mass--methods.
<br/><br/><label>Dewey Class. No.: </label>612.3/9/028 
<br/><br/><label>National Library of Medicine Call No.: </label>QU 120  / W855i 2005