Addition of arginine but not glycine to lysine plus methionine-enriched diets modulates serum cholesterol and liver phospholipids in rabbits

Journal of Nutrition

Volumn 129, Issue 10, 1999, Pages 1807-1813

  Giroux, Isabelle ^a   Kurowska, Elzbieta M ^a   Freeman, David J ^a   Carroll, Kenneth K ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN ONTARIO   (Canada)

Author keywords

Dietary amino acids; Fiver phospholipids; Hypercholesterolemia; Rabbits

Indexed keywords

ARGININE; CHOLESTEROL; GLYCINE; LYSINE; METHIONINE; PHOSPHOLIPID;

AMINO ACID COMPOSITION; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CHOLESTEROL BLOOD LEVEL; CHOLESTEROL METABOLISM; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIET SUPPLEMENTATION; HYPERCHOLESTEROLEMIA; LIPID LIVER LEVEL; NONHUMAN; PHOSPHOLIPID METABOLISM; RABBIT;

ANIMALIA; ORYCTOLAGUS CUNICULUS;

EID: 0032834921     PISSN: 00223166     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/jn/129.10.1807     Document Type: Article

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