Different response to choline deficiency of the serum ornithine carbamoyltransferase activity in four strains of rats

Bioscience, Biotechnology and Biochemistry

Volumn 65, Issue 4, 2001, Pages 935-938

  Nocianitri, Komang Ayu ^a   Aoyama, Yoritaka ^a  

^a HOKKAIDO UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Choline deficiency; Fatty liver; Ornithine carbamoyltransferase; Strain

Indexed keywords

CHOLINE; ORNITHINE CARBAMOYLTRANSFERASE;

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; BLOOD; CHEMISTRY; COMPARATIVE STUDY; DIET; DRUG EFFECT; EATING; FISCHER 344 RAT; LIVER; MALE; METABOLISM; ORGAN SIZE; RAT; RAT STRAIN; SPECIES DIFFERENCE; SPRAGUE DAWLEY RAT; WEIGHT GAIN; WISTAR RAT;

ANIMALS; CHOLINE; DIET; EATING; LIVER; MALE; ORGAN SIZE; ORNITHINE CARBAMOYLTRANSFERASE; RATS; RATS, INBRED F344; RATS, INBRED STRAINS; RATS, SPRAGUE-DAWLEY; RATS, WISTAR; SPECIES SPECIFICITY; WEIGHT GAIN;

EID: 0035316980     PISSN: 09168451     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1271/bbb.65.935     Document Type: Article

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