Quantitative excretion of 3-methylhistidine in urine of cats as a measure of in vivo skeletal muscle protein catabolism

Journal of Nutritional Biochemistry

Volumn 7, Issue 1, 1996, Pages 60-63

  Marks, Stanley L ^a   Rogers, Quinton R ^a   Morris, James G ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

3 methylhistidine; Cats; Feline; Muscle degradation

Indexed keywords

EID: 0030039183     PISSN: 09552863     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/0955-2863(95)00148-4     Document Type: Article

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