Small changes in essential amino acid concentrations alter diet selection in amino acid-deficient rats

Journal of Nutrition

Volumn 127, Issue 5, 1997, Pages 777-784

  Hrupka, Brian J ^a,b   Lin, Yu Mei ^b   Gietzen, Dorothy W ^a,b   Rogers, Quinton R ^a,b  

^a School of Veterinary Medicine   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

amino acid deficiency; diet selection; food intake; rats; threonine

Indexed keywords

THREONINE;

ADAPTATION; AMINO ACID DEFICIENCY; AMINO ACID METABOLISM; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; MALE; NONHUMAN; PROTEIN INTAKE; RAT;

EID: 8244223171     PISSN: 00223166     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/jn/127.5.777     Document Type: Article

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