Oral administration of β-alanine modifies carnosine concentrations in the muscles and brains of chickens

Animal Science Journal

Volumn 76, Issue 3, 2005, Pages 249-254

  Tomonaga, Shozo ^a   Kaji, Yuji ^b   Tachibana, Tetsuya ^a   Denbow, D Michael ^c   Furuse, Mitsuhiro ^a  

^a KYUSHU UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b NATIONAL AGRICULTURAL RESEARCH CENTER FOR KYUSHU OKINAWA REGION   (Japan)

^c VIRGINIA POLYTECHNIC INSTITUTE AND STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Brain; Breast muscle; Chicken; Dipeptides; alanine

Indexed keywords

AVES; GALLUS GALLUS;

EID: 22544458502     PISSN: 13443941     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1740-0929.2005.00263.x     Document Type: Article

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