The necessity of niacin in rats fed on a high protein diet

Bioscience, Biotechnology and Biochemistry

Volumn 69, Issue 2, 2005, Pages 273-279

  Kimura, Naoko ^a   Fukuwatari, Tsutomu ^a   Sasaki, Ryuzo ^a   Shibata, Katsumi ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SHIGA PREFECTURE   (Japan)

Author keywords

Conversion ratio of tryptophan niacin; High protein diet; Necessity of niacin; Tryptophan

Indexed keywords

BIOSYNTHESIS; CASEIN; ENZYME KINETICS; GROWTH KINETICS; NUTRITION; PROTEINS;

CONVERSION RATIO; NIACIN; TRYPTOPHAN;

AMINO ACIDS;

CASEIN; NICOTINIC ACID; PYRIDOXINE;

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; DIET; DOSE RESPONSE; NUTRITIONAL REQUIREMENT; PHYSIOLOGY; RAT; WEIGHT GAIN;

ANIMALS; CASEINS; DIET; DOSE-RESPONSE RELATIONSHIP, DRUG; NIACIN; NUTRITIONAL REQUIREMENTS; RATS; VITAMIN B 6; WEIGHT GAIN;

EID: 15744397377     PISSN: 09168451     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1271/bbb.69.273     Document Type: Article

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