Salvage of exogenous urea nitrogen enhances nitrogen balance in normal men consuming marginally inadequate protein diets

Clinical Science

Volumn 90, Issue 3, 1996, Pages 215-225

  Meakins, Tracey S ^a   Jackson, Alan A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHAMPTON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Non essential nitrogen; Protein requirements; Urea kinetics

Indexed keywords

NITROGEN; UREA;

ADULT; ARTICLE; COLON FLORA; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIET SUPPLEMENTATION; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; MALE; NITROGEN BALANCE; NORMAL HUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN MALNUTRITION; PROTEIN RESTRICTION; UREA BLOOD LEVEL; UREA CYCLE; UREA NITROGEN BLOOD LEVEL; URINARY EXCRETION; URINE LEVEL;

EID: 0030044356     PISSN: 01435221     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1042/cs0900215     Document Type: Article

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