Allantoin, the oxidation product of uric acid is present in chicken and turkey plasma

Comparative Biochemistry and Physiology - B Biochemistry and Molecular Biology

Volumn 135, Issue 2, 2003, Pages 325-335

  Simoyi, Melvin F ^a   Falkenstein, Elizabeth ^a   Van Dyke, Knox ^b   Blemings, Kenneth P ^a   Klandorf, Hillar ^a  

^a WEST VIRGINIA UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b WEST VIRGINIA UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Allantoin; Chickens; High performance liquid chromatography; Hypoxanthine; Inosine; Oxidative stress; Turkeys; Uric acid; Xanthine

Indexed keywords

ALLANTOIN; HYPOXANTHINE; INOSINE; PURINE DERIVATIVE; URIC ACID; XANTHINE;

ARTICLE; CHICKEN; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIET; ENZYME BLOOD LEVEL; MALE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SPECIES DIFFERENCE; TURKEY (BIRD); URIC ACID BLOOD LEVEL;

AVES; GALLUS GALLUS;

EID: 0037904178     PISSN: 10964959     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S1096-4959(03)00086-1     Document Type: Article

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