Red hair in black cats is reversed by addition of tyrosine to the diet

Journal of Nutrition

Volumn 132, Issue 6 SUPPL. 1, 2002, Pages

  Morris, James G ^a   Yu, Shiguang ^a   Rogers, Quinton R ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Eumelanin; Hair color; Kitten; Melanin; Tyrosine

Indexed keywords

MELANIN; TYROSINE;

ADOLESCENT; CAT; CONFERENCE PAPER; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIET SUPPLEMENTATION; HAIR COLOR; MELANOGENESIS; NONHUMAN; NUTRITIONAL REQUIREMENT; PROTEIN CONTENT; PROTEIN DIET;

FELIS CATUS;

EID: 0036277244     PISSN: 00223166     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/jn/132.6.1646s     Document Type: Conference Paper

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