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Applications of 31 P NMR to Clinical Biochemistry
Author(s) -
CHANCE B.
Publication year - 1984
Publication title -
annals of the new york academy of sciences
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.712
H-Index - 248
eISSN - 1749-6632
pISSN - 0077-8923
DOI - 10.1111/j.1749-6632.1984.tb12307.x
Subject(s) - technician , energy metabolism , metabolism , medicine , biochemistry , chemistry , engineering , electrical engineering
In summary, phosphorus NMR presents a well documented, continuous, and noninvasive assay of cell energy metabolism in a variety of body organs. In the form used here, it is appropriate to the study of vascular and genetic diseases of the skeletal tissues of adults and energy-related diseases of the body organs in neonates. Under these conditions, 31P NMR is not an expensive installation, has a small up-keep cost, and one which in our experience can be operated by a college graduate technician with ease. We foresee a significant and generalized application to tissue biochemistry in humans.