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

Acta Medica Okayama

Volumn 52, Issue 2, 1998, Pages 71-75

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

^a OKAYAMA UNIVERSITY MEDICAL SCHOOL   (Japan)

Author keywords

Cysteine metabolism; High protein diet; Sulfate; Taurine

Indexed keywords

CASEIN; CYSTEINE; SULFATE; TAURINE;

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; DOSE RESPONSE; EATING; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; INTRAPERITONEAL DRUG ADMINISTRATION; MALE; PROTEIN INTAKE; RAT; URINE; WISTAR RAT;

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

EID: 0032041054     PISSN: 0386300X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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