Can nutraceuticals affect the structure of intestinal mucosa? Qualitative and quantitative microanatomy in L-glutamine diet-supplemented weaning piglets

Veterinary Research Communications

Volumn 30, Issue 3, 2006, Pages 331-342

  Domeneghini, Cinzia ^a   Di Giancamillo, A ^a   Bosi, G ^a   Arrighi, S ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MILAN   (Italy)

Author keywords

GALT; Glutamine; Gut; Histometry; Immunohistochemistry; PCNA; Piglets; TUNEL

Indexed keywords

GLUTAMINE; MULTIVITAMIN; NUTRACEUTICAL; TRACE ELEMENT;

ANATOMY; ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL FOOD; ANIMAL MODEL; APOPTOSIS; ARTICLE; CELL NUCLEUS; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIET SUPPLEMENTATION; DRUG MECHANISM; FEMALE; FOOD COMPOSITION; ILEUM MUCOSA; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; IMMUNOREACTIVITY; INTESTINE LYMPHATIC TISSUE; INTESTINE MUCOSA; MITOSIS; MUCOSA CELL; NICK END LABELING; NONHUMAN; QUALITATIVE ANALYSIS; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; SWINE; WEANING;

ANIMAL FEED; ANIMAL NUTRITIONAL PHYSIOLOGICAL PHENOMENA; ANIMALS; DIET; DIETARY SUPPLEMENTS; EPITHELIAL CELLS; FEMALE; GLUTAMINE; INTESTINAL MUCOSA; SWINE; WEANING;

ANIMALIA; SUS SCROFA;

EID: 31544463778     PISSN: 01657380     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11259-006-3236-1     Document Type: Article

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