title: Red cell metabolism in red and grey kangaroos.
abstract: Glucose utilization, lactate production and glutathione regeneration were measured in the red blood cells of 2 species of Australian Marsupials, Eastern grey Kangaroo (Macropus gigantus) and red kangaroo (Macropus rufus), and were found to be significantly lower in the red blood cells from grey than that of red kangaroos.
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D004912:Erythrocytes / Q000378:metabolism*; D005947:Glucose / Q000378:metabolism; D005978:Glutathione / Q000378:metabolism; D007773:Lactates / Q000378:metabolism; D007614:Macropodidae / Q000378:metabolism*; D008394:Marsupialia / Q000378:metabolism*; D013045:Species Specificity
chemical_list: D007773:Lactates; D005978:Glutathione; D005947:Glucose