Tracking the oxidative kinetics of carbohydrates, amino acids and fatty acids in the house sparrow using exhaled 13CO2

Journal of Experimental Biology

Volumn 213, Issue 5, 2010, Pages 782-789

  McCue, M D ^a   Sivan, O ^a   McWilliams, S R ^b   Pinshow, B ^a  

^a BEN GURION UNIVERSITY OF THE NEGEV   (Israel)

^b UNIVERSITY OF RHODE ISLAND   (United States)

Author keywords

oxidation; Birds; Carbon stable isotope; Catabolism; Glycolysis; Metabolic rates; Nutrition; Physiological fuels

Indexed keywords

AMINO ACID; CARBON; CARBON DIOXIDE; FATTY ACID;

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; CARBOHYDRATE METABOLISM; EXHALATION; KINETICS; METABOLISM; OXIDATION REDUCTION REACTION; PHYSIOLOGY; POSTPRANDIAL STATE; SPARROW;

AMINO ACIDS; ANIMALS; CARBOHYDRATE METABOLISM; CARBON DIOXIDE; CARBON ISOTOPES; EXHALATION; FATTY ACIDS; KINETICS; OXIDATION-REDUCTION; POSTPRANDIAL PERIOD; SPARROWS;

AVES; PASSER DOMESTICUS; PASSERIDAE;

EID: 76749171191     PISSN: 00220949     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1242/jeb.039842     Document Type: Article

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