Effect of dietary protein/carbohydrate ratio on activities of hepatic enzymes involved in the amino acid metabolism of Nile tilapia, Oreochromis niloticus (L.)

Fish Physiology and Biochemistry

Volumn 32, Issue 4, 2006, Pages 275-282

  Gaye Siessegger, J ^a,b   Focken, U ^a   Becker, K ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HOHENHEIM   (Germany)

^b Fisheries Research Station of Baden Wurttemberg   (Germany)

Author keywords

Alanineamino transferase; Amino acid metabolism; Aspartateamino transferase; Dietary protein carbohydrate ratio; Fish

Indexed keywords

ALANINE AMINOTRANSFERASE; AMINO ACID; ASPARTATE AMINOTRANSFERASE; CARBOHYDRATE; LIPID; LIVER ENZYME; PROTEIN;

AMINO ACID METABOLISM; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL FOOD; ARTICLE; BODY COMPOSITION; CALORIC INTAKE; CARBOHYDRATE INTAKE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; ENZYME ACTIVITY; ENZYME ASSAY; FAT INTAKE; GROWTH RATE; MALE; NONHUMAN; PROTEIN INTAKE; PROTEIN METABOLISM; PROTEIN RESTRICTION; TILAPIA;

CHROMIS; OREOCHROMIS NILOTICUS; OREOSOMA ATLANTICUM; TILAPIA;

EID: 33751005876     PISSN: 09201742     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10695-006-9000-1     Document Type: Article

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