Intravenous administration of l-citrulline to pregnant ewes is more effective than l-arginine for increasing arginine availability in the fetus 1-3

Journal of Nutrition

Volumn 139, Issue 4, 2009, Pages 660-665

  Lassala, Arantzatzu ^a   Bazer, Fuller W ^a   Cudd, Timothy A ^b   Li, Peng ^a   Li, Xilong ^a   Satterfield, M Carey ^a   Spencer, Thomas E ^a   Wu, Guoyao ^a  

^a TEXAS A AND M UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b TEXAS A AND M UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARGININE; CITRULLINE;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTERIAL BLOOD; ARTICLE; BOLUS INJECTION; CONTROLLED STUDY; DRUG BIOAVAILABILITY; DRUG BLOOD LEVEL; EWE; FEMALE; FETUS BLOOD; GESTATIONAL AGE; HALF LIFE TIME; MATERNAL PLASMA; MOTHER FETUS RELATIONSHIP; NONHUMAN; ANIMAL; DRUG EFFECT; FETUS; INTRAVENOUS DRUG ADMINISTRATION; METABOLISM; MOTHER; PREGNANCY; SHEEP;

MAMMALIA; OVIS;

ANIMALS; ARGININE; CITRULLINE; FEMALE; FETUS; INJECTIONS, INTRAVENOUS; MOTHERS; PREGNANCY; SHEEP;

EID: 64049115515     PISSN: 00223166     EISSN: 15416100     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3945/jn.108.102020     Document Type: Article

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