Dietary protein-induced changes in excretory function: A general animal design feature

Comparative Biochemistry and Physiology - B Biochemistry and Molecular Biology

Volumn 136, Issue 4, 2003, Pages 785-801

  Singer, Michael A ^a  

^a QUEEN S UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

Excretory function; Insects; Protein intake; Vertebrates

Indexed keywords

AMINO ACID; AMMONIA; AMMONIUM CHLORIDE; CREATININE; NITROGEN; PROTEIN; URATE; UREA;

ALLOMETRY; AMINO ACID ANALYSIS; BIRD; BLOOD FLOW; BODY MASS; CATABOLISM; CONFERENCE PAPER; CREATININE CLEARANCE; FISH; FUNCTIONAL ASSESSMENT; GILL; GLOMERULUS FILTRATION; GLOMERULUS FILTRATION RATE; HUMAN; INSECT; KIDNEY BLOOD FLOW; KIDNEY CLEARANCE; KIDNEY FUNCTION; KIDNEY HYPERTROPHY; KIDNEY PERFUSION; KIDNEY PLASMA FLOW; KIDNEY TUBULE EXCRETION; MALPIGHIAN TUBULE; MAMMAL; METABOLIC RATE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN INTAKE; PROTEIN METABOLISM; SPECIES COMPARISON; TRANSPORT KINETICS; URINALYSIS; URINARY EXCRETION; VERTEBRATE;

ANIMALIA; AVES; HEXAPODA; MALPIGHIA; MAMMALIA; REPTILIA; VERTEBRATA;

EID: 0344665751     PISSN: 10964959     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.cbpc.2003.08.012     Document Type: Conference Paper

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