Excretion of Taurine and Sulfate in Rats Fed with a Low Protein Diet

Acta Medica Okayama

Volumn 52, Issue 2, 1998, Pages 77-81

  Tomozawa, Masaru ^a   Yukihiro, Keishi ^a   Yao, Wen Bin ^a   Abe, Tadashi ^a   Ohta, Jun ^a   Ubuka, Toshihiko ^a  

^a OKAYAMA UNIVERSITY MEDICAL SCHOOL   (Japan)

Author keywords

Cysteine metabolism; Low protein diet; Sulfate; Taurine

Indexed keywords

CASEIN; SULFATE; TAURINE;

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; DOSE RESPONSE; INTRAPERITONEAL DRUG ADMINISTRATION; MALE; PROTEIN INTAKE; RAT; URINE; WISTAR RAT;

ANIMALS; CASEINS; DIETARY PROTEINS; DOSE-RESPONSE RELATIONSHIP, DRUG; INJECTIONS, INTRAPERITONEAL; MALE; RATS; RATS, WISTAR; SULFATES; TAURINE;

EID: 0032040624     PISSN: 0386300X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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