Plasma diamine oxidase activity is greater in copper-adequate than copper-marginal or copper-deficient rats

Journal of Nutrition

Volumn 130, Issue 1, 2000, Pages 30-33

  Kehoe, Claire A ^a   Faughnan, Marian S ^a   Gilmore, William S ^a   Coulter, James S ^a   Howard, Alan N ^a   Strain, J J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ULSTER   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Copper status; Cuproenzymes; Diamine oxidase; Rats

Indexed keywords

AMINE OXIDASE (COPPER CONTAINING); CERULOPLASMIN; CYTOCHROME C OXIDASE; SUPEROXIDE DISMUTASE;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; COPPER DEFICIENCY; DIETARY INTAKE; ENZYME ACTIVITY; ENZYME ANALYSIS; FOOD COMPOSITION; MALE; NONHUMAN; RAT;

EID: 0033986026     PISSN: 00223166     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/jn/130.1.30     Document Type: Article

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