The fate of nitrogen from 15N-labeled nitrate after single intravenous administration of Na15NO3 in sheep

Canadian Journal of Physiology and Pharmacology

Volumn 76, Issue 9, 1998, Pages 850-857

  Lewicki, J ^a   Wiechetek, M ^a   Souffrant, W B ^b   Karlik, W ^a   Garwacki, S ^a  

^a WARSAW UNIVERSITY OF LIFE SCIENCES   (Poland)

^b Oskar Kellner R I for the B F A ^*  (Germany)

Author keywords

Ammonia; Excretion; Metabolism; Nitrate; Sheep; Urea

Indexed keywords

AMMONIA; ISOTOPE; NITROGEN; SODIUM NITRATE; UREA; NITRATE;

AMMONIA BLOOD LEVEL; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; INTRAVENOUS DRUG ADMINISTRATION; MICROFLORA; NITROGEN METABOLISM; NITROGEN URINE LEVEL; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SHEEP; UREA NITROGEN BLOOD LEVEL; URINALYSIS; URINARY EXCRETION; ANIMAL; FEMALE; METABOLISM;

AMMONIA; ANIMALS; FEMALE; INJECTIONS, INTRAVENOUS; NITRATES; NITROGEN; NITROGEN ISOTOPES; SHEEP; UREA;

EID: 0032216641     PISSN: 00084212     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1139/y98-104     Document Type: Article

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