Dietary deficiency of essential amino acids rapidly induces cessation of the rat estrous cycle

PLoS ONE

Volumn 6, Issue 11, 2011, Pages

  Narita, Kazumi ^a   Nagao, Kenji ^b   Bannai, Makoto ^b   Ichimaru, Toru ^a   Nakano, Sayako ^b   Murata, Takuya ^a   Higuchi, Takashi ^a   Takahashi, Michio ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF FUKUI   (Japan)

^b AJINOMOTO CO INC   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AMINO ACID; METHIONINE; NONESSENTIAL AMINO ACID; SOMATOMEDIN C; THREONINE; TRIACYLGLYCEROL; TRYPTOPHAN; VALINE; ESSENTIAL AMINO ACID; HORMONE;

AMINO ACID BLOOD LEVEL; AMINO ACID COMPOSITION; AMINO ACID DEFICIENCY; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ANOVULATION; ARTICLE; BODY WEIGHT; CALORIC INTAKE; CHOLESTEROL BLOOD LEVEL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIESTRUS; ESTRUS CYCLE; FATTY ACID BLOOD LEVEL; FEMALE; FOOD INTAKE; GLUCOSE BLOOD LEVEL; LIPID LIVER LEVEL; NONHUMAN; ORGAN WEIGHT; RAT; TRIACYLGLYCEROL BLOOD LEVEL; VAGINA SMEAR; ANIMAL; BLOOD; DIET; FEEDING BEHAVIOR; LIVER; METABOLISM; ORGAN SIZE; OVARY; PHYSIOLOGY;

RATTUS;

AMINO ACIDS, ESSENTIAL; ANIMALS; BODY WEIGHT; DIET; ESTROUS CYCLE; FEEDING BEHAVIOR; FEMALE; HORMONES; LIVER; ORGAN SIZE; OVARY; RATS;

EID: 81755166592     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19326203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0028136     Document Type: Article

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