Effects of a low-protein diet on plasma amino acid and homocysteine levels and oxidative status in rats

Annals of Nutrition and Metabolism

Volumn 54, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 202-207

  Deminice, Rafael ^a   Portari, Guilherme Vannucchi ^a   Marchini, Julio Sergio ^a   Vannucchi, Helio ^a   Jordao, Alceu Afonso ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SÃO PAULO   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Glutathione; Homocysteine; Methyl balance; Protein malnutrition

Indexed keywords

2 AMINOADIPIC ACID; ALANINE; AMINO ACID; ASPARAGINE; CREATININE; CYANOCOBALAMIN; CYSTATHIONINE; FOLIC ACID; GLUTAMIC ACID; GLUTATHIONE; GLYCINE; HISTIDINE; HOMOCYSTEINE; ISOLEUCINE; LEUCINE; LIVER PROTEIN; LYSINE; METHIONINE; ORNITHINE; PHENYLALANINE; PROLINE; PROTEIN; SARCOSINE; SERINE; THIOBARBITURIC ACID REACTIVE SUBSTANCE; THREONINE; TRYPTOPHAN; TYROSINE; VALINE;

AMINO ACID BLOOD LEVEL; AMINO ACID METABOLISM; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CREATININE URINE LEVEL; FOLIC ACID BLOOD LEVEL; FOOD INTAKE; LIPID PEROXIDATION; LIVER WEIGHT; MALE; NONHUMAN; OXIDATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN BLOOD LEVEL; PROTEIN CONTENT; PROTEIN INTAKE; PROTEIN RESTRICTION; RAT; VITAMIN BLOOD LEVEL; WEIGHT GAIN;

AMINO ACIDS; ANIMALS; BLOOD PROTEINS; BODY WEIGHT; CREATININE; DIET; DIET, PROTEIN-RESTRICTED; FOLIC ACID; GLUTATHIONE; HOMOCYSTEINE; LIPID PEROXIDATION; LIVER; MALE; ORGAN SIZE; OXIDATIVE STRESS; RATS; RATS, WISTAR; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; VITAMIN B 12;

RATTUS;

EID: 65549092867     PISSN: 02506807     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1159/000218707     Document Type: Article

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