Increased systolic blood pressure in rats induced by a maternal low-protein diet is reversed by dietary supplementation with glycine

Clinical Science

Volumn 103, Issue 6, 2002, Pages 633-639

  Jackson, Alan A ^a   Dunn, Rebecca L ^a   Marchand, Michael C ^b   Langley Evans, Simon C ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHAMPTON   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NORTHAMPTON   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY OF NOTTINGHAM   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Alanine; Amino acid; Fetus; Glycine; Growth; Hypertension; Metabolic programming; Methionine; Pregnancy; Protein; Urea

Indexed keywords

ALANINE; CASEIN; GLYCINE; NITROGEN; UREA;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BODY WEIGHT; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIET SUPPLEMENTATION; FEMALE; FETUS DEVELOPMENT; HYPERTENSION; MALE; MATERNAL NUTRITION; NONHUMAN; PREGNANCY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN RESTRICTION; PULSE PRESSURE; RAT; SYSTOLIC BLOOD PRESSURE;

EID: 0036907143     PISSN: 01435221     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1042/cs1030633     Document Type: Article

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