Organs relative weight and plasma amino acid concentrations in rats fed diets based on whole legume (faba bean, lupin, chickpea, defatted soybean) seed meals or their fractions

Journal of the Science of Food and Agriculture

Volumn 79, Issue 2, 1999, Pages 187-194

  Rubio, Luis A ^a,b   Grant, George ^a   Daguid, Tracey ^a   Brown, David ^a   Pusztai, Arpad ^a  

^a ROWETT RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (United Kingdom)

^b CSIC   (Spain)

Author keywords

Legume proteins; Legume seed meal; Plasma amino acids; Rat; Relative organ weights

Indexed keywords

AMINO ACID METABOLISM; CASEIN; CICER ARIETINUM; GLYCINE MAX; LACTALBUMIN; LIGNIN; LUPINUS ANGUSTIFOLIUS; METABOLIC REGULATION; PROTEIN METABOLISM; RAT; RNA ANALYSIS; VICIA FABA; WEIGHT GAIN;

EID: 0032982279     PISSN: 00225142     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/(SICI)1097-0010(199902)79:2<187::AID-JSFA177>3.0.CO;2-9     Document Type: Article

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