Urinary excretion of purine derivatives and tissue xanthine oxidase (EC 1.2.3.2) activity in buffaloes (Bubalis bubalis) with special reference to differences between buffaloes and Bos taurus cattle

British Journal of Nutrition

Volumn 75, Issue 3, 1996, Pages 397-407

  Chen, X B ^a   Samaraweera, L ^a   Kyle, D J ^a   Orskov E R ^a   Abeygunawardene, H ^b  

^a ROWETT RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF PERADENIYA   (Sri Lanka)

Author keywords

Buffalo; Purine derivatives; Xanthine oxidase

Indexed keywords

ALLANTOIN; CREATININE; HYPOXANTHINE; INTESTINE ENZYME; LIVER ENZYME; NITROGEN; PURINE DERIVATIVE; URIC ACID; XANTHINE; XANTHINE OXIDASE;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BUFFALO; CATTLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CREATININE URINE LEVEL; DIET RESTRICTION; DIETARY FIBER; ENZYME ACTIVITY; ENZYME BLOOD LEVEL; FEMALE; FOOD INTAKE; INTESTINE MUCOSA; NITROGEN URINE LEVEL; NONHUMAN; SHEEP; SPECIES DIFFERENCE; URINARY EXCRETION; URINE LEVEL;

ALLANTOIN; ANIMALS; BUFFALOES; CATTLE; CREATININE; DIETARY FIBER; FASTING; FEMALE; INTESTINAL MUCOSA; LIVER; PURINES; SHEEP; SPECIES SPECIFICITY; URIC ACID; XANTHINE OXIDASE;

ANIMALIA; BOS TAURUS; BUBALUS; BUBALUS BUBALIS; OVIS ARIES;

EID: 0029993703     PISSN: 00071145     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1079/BJN19960142     Document Type: Article

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