Dietary vitamin C and folic acid supplementation ameliorates the detrimental effects of heat stress in Japanese quail

Journal of Nutrition

Volumn 133, Issue 6, 2003, Pages 1882-1886

  Sahin, K ^a   Onderci, M ^a   Sahin, N ^a   Gursut, M F ^a   Kucuk, O ^b  

^a FIRAT UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

^b WAYNE STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Folic acid; Heat stress; Homocysteine; Quail; Vitamin C

Indexed keywords

ALPHA TOCOPHEROL; ASCORBIC ACID; CALCIUM; CHROMIUM; COPPER; CORTICOTROPIN; CYANOCOBALAMIN; FOLIC ACID; HOMOCYSTEINE; IRON; MALONALDEHYDE; MINERAL; NITROGEN; PHOSPHORUS; RETINOL; ZINC;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL FOOD; ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ANTIOXIDANT ACTIVITY; ARTICLE; BODY WEIGHT; CARCASS; CONTROLLED STUDY; COTURNIX; FOOD INTAKE; HEAT STRESS; NONHUMAN; OXIDATIVE STRESS; VITAMIN BLOOD LEVEL; VITAMIN SUPPLEMENTATION;

ANIMALIA; AVES; COTURNIX; COTURNIX COTURNIX; COTURNIX JAPONICA; FRAXINUS; JAPONICA; PHASIANIDAE;

EID: 0038314477     PISSN: 00223166     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/jn/133.6.1882     Document Type: Article

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