Impaired Folk Acid Metabolism Leading to Increased Urinary Folate Loss in Streptozotocin-induced Diabetic Rats

Pteridines

Volumn 7, Issue 1, 1996, Pages 10-13

  Pote, Madan S ^a   Viswanathan, Gomathy ^a   Kesavan, Vellappan ^a  

^a BHABHA ATOMIC RESEARCH CENTRE   (India)

Author keywords

Diabetes; Folic acid; Polyglutamylfolates; Streptozotocin

Indexed keywords

FOLIC ACID; STREPTOZOCIN;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIABETES MELLITUS; DIETARY INTAKE; FOLATE METABOLISM; HYDROLYSIS; MALE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; REVIEW; URINARY EXCRETION; WEIGHT REDUCTION;

ANIMALIA;

EID: 0029886697     PISSN: 09334807     EISSN: 21954720     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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