Effects of adding some dietary fibers to a cystine diet on the activities of liver antioxidant enzymes and serum enzymes in rats

Bioscience, Biotechnology and Biochemistry

Volumn 67, Issue 3, 2003, Pages 617-621

  He, Guochun ^a   Aoyama, Yoritaka ^a  

^a HOKKAIDO UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Cystine; Dietary fiber; Serum alanine aminotransferase; Serum ornithine carbamoyltransferase; Superoxide dismutase

Indexed keywords

BETA VULGARIS SUBSP. VULGARIS; RATTUS NORVEGICUS;

ALANINE AMINOTRANSFERASE; CATALASE; CELLULOSE; COPPER; CYSTINE; MANNAN; ORNITHINE CARBAMOYLTRANSFERASE; PECTIN; SUPEROXIDE DISMUTASE; ZINC;

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; BLOOD; BODY WEIGHT; CHEMISTRY; DIET; DIETARY FIBER; DRUG EFFECT; EATING; ENZYMOLOGY; HYPERCHOLESTEROLEMIA; LIVER; MALE; METABOLISM; RAT; WISTAR RAT;

ALANINE TRANSAMINASE; ANIMALS; BODY WEIGHT; CATALASE; CELLULOSE; COPPER; CYSTINE; DIET; DIETARY FIBER; EATING; HYPERCHOLESTEROLEMIA; LIVER; MALE; MANNANS; ORNITHINE CARBAMOYLTRANSFERASE; PECTINS; RATS; RATS, WISTAR; SUPEROXIDE DISMUTASE; ZINC;

EID: 0041421086     PISSN: 09168451     EISSN: 13476947     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1271/bbb.67.617     Document Type: Article

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