Characteristic metabolism of free Amino acids in Cetacean Plasma: Cluster analysis and comparison with Mice

PLoS ONE

Volumn 5, Issue 11, 2010, Pages

  Miyaji, Kazuki ^a   Nagao, Kenji ^b   Bannai, Makoto ^b   Asakawa, Hiroshi ^c   Kohyama, Kaoru ^c   Ohtsu, Dai ^d   Terasawa, Fumio ^e   Ito, Shu ^f   Iwao, Hajime ^g   Ohtani, Nobuyo ^a   Ohta, Mitsuaki ^a  

^a AZABU UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b AJINOMOTO CO INC   (Japan)

^c Shimoda Floating Aquarium ^*  (Japan)

^d Yokohama Hakkeijima Sea Paradise   (Japan)

^e Enoshima Aquarium   (Japan)

^f Veterinary Hospital Adventure World   (Japan)

^g Exhibition Division   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

3 METHYLHISTIDINE; AMINO ACID; CARNOSINE; REACTIVE OXYGEN METABOLITE; UREA; 3-METHYLHISTIDINE; CREATININE; HISTIDINE DERIVATIVE;

AMINO ACID ANALYSIS; AMINO ACID BLOOD LEVEL; AMINO ACID METABOLISM; ANIMAL HEALTH; ARTICLE; BLOOD ANALYSIS; BLOOD SAMPLING; BOTTLENOSE DOLPHIN; CETACEA; CLUSTER ANALYSIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; DOLPHIN; EVOLUTIONARY ADAPTATION; FEMALE; GRAMPUS GRISEUS; KILLER WHALE; LAGENORHYNCHUS OBLIQUIDENS; MALE; METABOLIC REGULATION; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; PSEUDORCA CRASSIDENS; SPECIES COMPARISON; SPECIES DIFFERENCE; URINALYSIS; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ANIMAL; BLOOD; C57BL MOUSE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; INSTITUTE FOR CANCER RESEARCH MOUSE; METABOLISM; URINE; WHALE;

CETACEA; LAGENORHYNCHUS OBLIQUIDENS; MAMMALIA; MUS; PSEUDORCA; TURSIOPS;

AMINO ACIDS; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ANIMALS; CARNOSINE; CLUSTER ANALYSIS; CREATININE; DOLPHINS; FEMALE; MALE; METHYLHISTIDINES; MICE; MICE, INBRED C57BL; MICE, INBRED ICR; SPECIES SPECIFICITY; UREA; WHALES;

EID: 78149482422     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19326203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0013808     Document Type: Article

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