Dietary arginine slightly and variably affects tissue polyamine levels in male Swiss Albino mice

Journal of Nutrition

Volumn 132, Issue 12, 2002, Pages 3715-3720

  Teixeira, Deusdelia ^a   Santaolaria, María Luisa ^a   Meneu, Vicente ^a   Alonso, Eulalia ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF VALENCIA   (Spain)

Author keywords

Arginine; Mice; Polyamines; Putrescine; Spermidine; Spermine

Indexed keywords

ARGININE; POLYAMINE; PUTRESCINE; SPERMIDINE; SPERMINE;

ANALYSIS; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; ARTIFICIAL DIET; CONTROLLED STUDY; HIGH PERFORMANCE LIQUID CHROMATOGRAPHY; HOMEOSTASIS; MALE; NONHUMAN; RAT; SUPPLEMENTATION; UREA CYCLE;

ANIMALIA; MAMMALIA;

EID: 0036900105     PISSN: 00223166     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/jn/132.12.3715     Document Type: Article

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