Betaine can partially spare choline in chicks but only when added to diets containing a minimal level of choline

Journal of Nutrition

Volumn 137, Issue 10, 2007, Pages 2224-2228

  Dilger, Ryan N ^a   Garrow, Timothy A ^a   Baker, David H ^a  

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

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BETAINE; BETAINE HOMOCYSTEINE METHYLTRANSFERASE; CHOLINE; HOMOCYSTEINE;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; BODY GROWTH; BODY WEIGHT; CHICK; DIET SUPPLEMENTATION; DIETARY INTAKE; ENZYME ACTIVITY; FOOD INTAKE; NONHUMAN; WEIGHT GAIN;

EID: 34948813670     PISSN: 00223166     EISSN: 15416100     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/jn/137.10.2224     Document Type: Article

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