Supplementation of orotic acid to the casein, but not to egg protein, soy protein, or wheat gluten diets, increases serum ornithine carbamoyltransferase activity

Journal of Nutritional Biochemistry

Volumn 11, Issue 6, 2000, Pages 306-310

  Aoyama, Yoritaka ^a   Wada, Mizuho ^a  

^a HOKKAIDO UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Dietary casein; Fatty liver; Orotic acid; Serum lipids; Serum ornithine carbamoyltransferase

Indexed keywords

ALANINE AMINOTRANSFERASE; CASEIN; CHOLESTEROL; EGG PROTEIN; GLUTEN; LIPID; ORNITHINE CARBAMOYLTRANSFERASE; OROTIC ACID; PHOSPHOLIPID; SOYBEAN PROTEIN; TRIACYLGLYCEROL;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BODY WEIGHT; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIET SUPPLEMENTATION; ENZYME ACTIVITY; ENZYME BLOOD LEVEL; FATTY LIVER; FOOD COMPOSITION; FOOD INTAKE; LIPID ANALYSIS; LIPID LIVER LEVEL; LIPID STORAGE; LIVER INJURY; LIVER WEIGHT; MALE; NONHUMAN; PATHOGENESIS; PROTEIN INTAKE; RAT;

EID: 0033829820     PISSN: 09552863     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0955-2863(00)00080-2     Document Type: Article

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