Urinary felinine excretion in intact male cats is increased by dietary cystine

British Journal of Nutrition

Volumn 100, Issue 4, 2008, Pages 801-809

  Hendriks, Wouter H ^a   Rutherfurd Markwick, Kay J ^b   Weidgraaf, Karin ^b   Morton, R Hugh ^b   Rogers, Quinton R ^c  

^a WAGENINGEN UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

^b MASSEY UNIVERSITY   (New Zealand)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Arginine; Cats; Cysteine; Felinine; N acetylfelinine

Indexed keywords

AMINO ACID DERIVATIVE; ARGININE; CREATININE; CYSTINE; FELININE; GLUTAMIC ACID DERIVATIVE; GLYCINE DERIVATIVE; SULFUR AMINO ACID; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ACETYLATION; AMINO ACID ANALYSIS; AMINO ACID BLOOD LEVEL; AMINO ACID SYNTHESIS; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CREATININE URINE LEVEL; MALE; NONHUMAN; PROTEIN INTAKE; PROTEIN RESTRICTION; URINARY EXCRETION;

AMINO ACIDS; ANIMAL FEED; ANIMALS; ARGININE; CATS; CHROMATOGRAPHY, HIGH PRESSURE LIQUID; CHROMATOGRAPHY, ION EXCHANGE; CREATININE; CYSTEINE; CYSTINE; DIET, PROTEIN-RESTRICTED; DIETARY PROTEINS; GLUTATHIONE; MALE; METHIONINE; OLIGOPEPTIDES; PENTANOLS;

FELIDAE; FELIS CATUS;

EID: 44449150190     PISSN: 00071145     EISSN: 14752662     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S0007114508945165     Document Type: Article

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