Effect of dietary soybean protein level on the plasma homocysteine concentration in rats

Bioscience, Biotechnology and Biochemistry

Volumn 72, Issue 6, 2008, Pages 1607-1610

  Okawa, Hiroshi ^a   Morita, Tatsuya ^a   Sugiyama, Kimio ^a  

^a SHIZUOKA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Dietary protein level; Homocysteine; Methionine; Rat; Soybean protein isolate

Indexed keywords

INTERCHANGES; PLASMAS; RATS;

CONCENTRATION (COMPOSITION); HOMOCYSTEINE (HCY); INVERSE CORRELATION; PROTEIN LEVELS; SOYBEAN PROTEIN (SP); SYNTHASE;

PLASMA DIAGNOSTICS;

HOMOCYSTINE; SOYBEAN PROTEIN;

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; BLOOD; BODY WEIGHT; DRUG EFFECT; MALE; RAT; WISTAR RAT;

ANIMALS; BODY WEIGHT; HOMOCYSTINE; MALE; RATS; RATS, WISTAR; SOYBEAN PROTEINS;

GLYCINE MAX; RATTUS;

EID: 45849137785     PISSN: 09168451     EISSN: 13476947     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1271/bbb.70797     Document Type: Article

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