Dietary S-methylmethionine, a component of foods, has choline-sparing activity in chickens

Journal of Nutrition

Volumn 135, Issue 7, 2005, Pages 1712-1717

  Augspurger, Nathan R ^a,b   Scherer, Colleen S ^a   Garrow, Timothy A ^a   Baker, David H ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS AT URBANA CHAMPAIGN   (United States)

^b JBS United   (United States)

Author keywords

Betaine; Chick; Choline; Methionine; S methylmethionine

Indexed keywords

AMINO ACID; BETAINE; CHOLINE; GLUTEN; NINHYDRIN; S METHYLMETHIONINE;

AMINO ACID ANALYSIS; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; BIOAVAILABILITY; CHEMICAL STRUCTURE; CHICKEN; CONFERENCE PAPER; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORN; DIET; FOOD COMPOSITION; FOOD INTAKE; MALE; METHYLATION; NONHUMAN; SOYBEAN; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; WEIGHT GAIN;

GALLUS GALLUS; GLYCINE MAX; ZEA MAYS;

EID: 22144447877     PISSN: 00223166     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/jn/135.7.1712     Document Type: Conference Paper

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