Urinary excretion of purine derivatives as an index of microbial protein synthesis in the camel (Camelus dromedarius)

British Journal of Nutrition

Volumn 92, Issue 2, 2004, Pages 225-232

  Guerouali, Abdelhai ^a   El Gass, Youssef ^a   Balcells, Joaquim ^b   Belenguer, Alvaro ^b   Nolan, John ^c  

^a INSTITUT AGRONOMIQUE ET VÉTÉRINAIRE HASSAN II   (Morocco)

^b Animal Y Ciencia De Los Alimentos   (Spain)

^c UNIVERSITY OF NEW ENGLAND   (Australia)

Author keywords

Camels; Microbial protein; Purin derivatives; Xanthine oxidase

Indexed keywords

ALLANTOIN; BACTERIAL PROTEIN; HYPOXANTHINE; PURINE DERIVATIVE; URIC ACID; XANTHINE; XANTHINE OXIDASE;

ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CAMEL; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENZYME ACTIVITY; FEMALE; FOOD INTAKE; FORESTOMACH; INTESTINE MUCOSA; NONHUMAN; PREDICTION; PROTEIN BLOOD LEVEL; PROTEIN LOCALIZATION; PROTEIN SYNTHESIS; PROTEIN TRANSPORT; PURINE METABOLISM; RUMINANT STOMACH; TISSUE DISTRIBUTION; URINARY EXCRETION;

ALLANTOIN; ANIMALS; BACTERIAL PROTEINS; CAMELS; DIET; DUODENUM; FASTING; FEMALE; HYPOXANTHINE; PURINES; RUMEN; URIC ACID; XANTHINE; XANTHINE OXIDASE;

CAMELIDAE; CAMELUS DROMEDARIUS;

EID: 4544311859     PISSN: 00071145     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1079/BJN20041208     Document Type: Article

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