Cats require more dietary phenylalanine or tyrosine for melanin deposition in hair than for maximal growth

Journal of Nutrition

Volumn 132, Issue 7, 2002, Pages 2037-2042

  Anderson, Peter J B ^a   Rogers, Quinton R ^a   Morris, James G ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Cats; Eumelanin; Melanin; Phenylalanine; Tyrosine

Indexed keywords

MELANIN; META TYROSINE; PHENYLALANINE; TRICARBOXYLIC ACID;

AMINO ACID COMPOSITION; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; CAT; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEVELOPMENTAL BIOLOGY; DIETARY INTAKE; GROWTH RATE; HAIR COLOR; MELANOGENESIS; NITROGEN BALANCE; NONHUMAN; NUTRIENT CONTENT; OXIDATION;

ANIMALIA; FELIS CATUS; VERTEBRATA;

EID: 0036300467     PISSN: 00223166     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/jn/132.7.2037     Document Type: Article

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