Effects of fatty liver induced by niacin-free diet with orotic acid on the metabolism of tryptophan to niacin in rats

Bioscience, Biotechnology and Biochemistry

Volumn 66, Issue 6, 2002, Pages 1196-1204

  Fukuwatari, Tsutomu ^a   Morikawa, Yuko ^a   Sugimoto, Etsuro ^a   Shibata, Katsumi ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SHIGA PREFECTURE   (Japan)

Author keywords

Fatty liver; NAD; Niacin; Orotic acid; Tryptophan

Indexed keywords

FAT; NICOTINAMIDE ADENINE DINUCLEOTIDE; NICOTINAMIDE ADENINE DINUCLEOTIDE PHOSPHATE; NICOTINIC ACID; OROTIC ACID; QUINOLINIC ACID; TRYPTOPHAN;

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; BLOOD; CHEMICALLY INDUCED DISORDER; CHEMISTRY; DIET; DRUG EFFECT; ENZYMOLOGY; FATTY LIVER; FEEDING BEHAVIOR; LIVER; MALE; METABOLISM; ORGAN SIZE; RAT; URINE; VITAMIN DEFICIENCY; WEIGHT GAIN; WISTAR RAT;

ANIMALS; DIET; FATS; FATTY LIVER; FEEDING BEHAVIOR; LIVER; MALE; NAD; NADP; NIACIN; ORGAN SIZE; OROTIC ACID; QUINOLINIC ACID; RATS; RATS, WISTAR; TRYPTOPHAN; VITAMIN B DEFICIENCY; WEIGHT GAIN;

EID: 0036618058     PISSN: 09168451     EISSN: 13476947     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1271/bbb.66.1196     Document Type: Article

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