The effect of alimentary polyamine depletion on germ-free and conventional rats

Journal of Nutritional Biochemistry

Volumn 7, Issue 10, 1996, Pages 560-566

  Noack, Jutta ^a   Kleessen, Brigitta ^b   Lorenz, Angelika ^b   Blaut, Michael ^b  

^a GERMAN INSTITUTE OF HUMAN NUTRITION   (Germany)

^b NONE

Author keywords

conventional rat; diet; germ free rat; intestinal microflora; polyamine

Indexed keywords

POLYAMINE;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIET; INTESTINE FLORA; MALE; MICROFLORA; NONHUMAN; RAT;

EID: 0030271796     PISSN: 09552863     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0955-2863(96)00111-8     Document Type: Article

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