Catabolism through the threonine dehydrogenase pathway does not account for the high first-pass extraction rate of dietary threonine by the portal drained viscera in pigs

British Journal of Nutrition

Volumn 93, Issue 4, 2005, Pages 447-456

  Le Floc'h, Nathalie ^a   Sève, Bernard ^a  

^a CEMAGREF   (France)

Author keywords

Liver; Pigs; Portal drained viscera; Threonine

Indexed keywords

OXIDOREDUCTASE; THREONINE; ALCOHOL DEHYDROGENASE; GLYCINE; L-THREONINE 3-DEHYDROGENASE; THREONINE 3 DEHYDROGENASE;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; BLOOD SAMPLING; CAROTID ARTERY; CATABOLISM; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIETARY INTAKE; ENZYME ACTIVITY; FIRST PASS EFFECT; LIVER; MATHEMATICAL COMPUTING; NONHUMAN; SPLANCHNIC BLOOD FLOW; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; SWINE; VISCERA; ANIMAL; DUODENUM; FEMALE; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; INTRAVENOUS DRUG ADMINISTRATION; ISOTOPE LABELING; JUGULAR VEIN; MALE; METABOLISM; PHYSIOLOGY; PORTAL VEIN;

ANIMALIA; SUS SCROFA;

ALCOHOL OXIDOREDUCTASES; ANIMALS; DUODENUM; FEMALE; GLYCINE; INFUSIONS, INTRAVENOUS; ISOTOPE LABELING; JUGULAR VEINS; LIVER; MALE; PORTAL SYSTEM; SWINE; THREONINE; VISCERA;

EID: 23044469060     PISSN: 00071145     EISSN: 14752662     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1079/BJN20051375     Document Type: Article

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