Mucus secretagogue activity in cecal contents of rabbits with mucoid enteropathy

Laboratory Animal Science

Volumn 46, Issue 2, 1996, Pages 179-186

  Hotchkiss, Charlotte E ^a,b   Merritt, Alfred M ^a  

^a University of Florida College of Veterinary Medicine   (United States)

^b WAKE FOREST SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

GLUCOSAMINE; HORSERADISH PEROXIDASE; LECTIN; MUCIN; PLANT LECTIN; SOYBEAN LECTIN; SOYBEAN PROTEIN; TRITIUM;

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; CECUM; COLON; ENTEROPATHY; FEMALE; ILEUM; LIGATION; METABOLISM; MUCUS; RABBIT; SECRETION;

ANIMALS; CECUM; COLON; FEMALE; GLUCOSAMINE; HORSERADISH PEROXIDASE; ILEUM; INTESTINAL DISEASES; LECTINS; LIGATION; MUCINS; MUCUS; PLANT LECTINS; RABBITS; SOYBEAN PROTEINS; TRITIUM;

EID: 0030120092     PISSN: 00236764     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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