[Metabolic activities in isolated hepatocytes as a vitality parameter in the hypothermically preserved liver]

Vital hepatocytes have been isolated from an adult human liver for the first time. Vitality of the parenchymal cells was examined by trypanblue staining, morphological sppearance and energy-requiring metabolic functions such as gluconeogenesis and glycogen synthesis. Following a cold ischemic time of 6 hours metabolic activity had decreased considerably.