The effect of a low-protein diet and dietary supplementation of threonine on tyrosine and 2-(2-nitro-4-trifluoromethylbenzoyl) cyclohexane- 1,3-dione-induced corneal lesions, the extent of tyrosinemia, and the activity of enzymes involved in tyrosine catabolism in the rat

Toxicology and Applied Pharmacology

Volumn 150, Issue 1, 1998, Pages 125-132

  Lock, Edward A ^a   Gaskin, Peter ^a,b   Ellis, Martin K ^a,c   Robinson, Mervyn ^a   Provan, W McLean ^a   Smith, Lewis L ^a,d  

^a ASTRAZENECA   (United Kingdom)

^b Inveresk Research   (United Kingdom)

^c JEALOTT S HILL RESEARCH STATION   (United Kingdom)

^d UNIVERSITY OF LEICESTER   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

4 HYDROXYPHENYLPYRUVATE DIOXYGENASE; HERBICIDE; NITISINONE; PROTEIN; THREONINE; TYROSINE; TYROSINE AMINOTRANSFERASE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

AMINO ACID METABOLISM; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; AQUEOUS HUMOR; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORNEA INJURY; DIET SUPPLEMENTATION; ENZYME ACTIVITY; EYE TOXICITY; FOOD COMPOSITION; MALE; NONHUMAN; ORAL DRUG ADMINISTRATION; PROTEIN DEFICIENCY; PROTEIN RESTRICTION; RAT; TYROSINEMIA;

ANIMALIA;

EID: 0031836797     PISSN: 0041008X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1006/taap.1998.8404     Document Type: Article

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