to examine the effects of portal blood deprivation on energy metabolism of the liver , we studied : ( 1 ) the ketone body ratio ( acetoacetate/beta-hydroxybutyrate ) in liver tissue , which is in equilibrium with the free nad+/nadh ratio in liver mitochondria , in the ligated lobe ( ll ) and nonligated lobe ( nll ) , ( 2 ) the hepatic energy charge [ ec = ( atp + 1/2 adp ) / ( atp + adp + amp ) ] in both ll and nll , and ( 3 ) the arterial blood ketone body ratio ( bkbr ) after left portal vein branch ligation ( pbl ) in rabbits .
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liver
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liver tissue