Effect of 30 % nutrient restriction in the first half of gestation on maternal and fetal baboon serum amino acid concentrations

British Journal of Nutrition

Volumn 109, Issue 8, 2013, Pages 1382-1388

  McDonald, Thomas J ^a,b   Wu, Guoyao ^c   Nijland, Mark J ^d   Jenkins, Susan L ^a   Nathanielsz, Peter W ^a,b   Jansson, Thomas ^a  

^a Mays Cancer Center at UT Health San Antonio   (United States)

^b SOUTHWEST NATIONAL PRIMATE RESEARCH CENTER   (United States)

^c TEXAS A AND M UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d NONE

Author keywords

Growth; Nutrition; Placenta; Pregnancy; Primates

Indexed keywords

ARGININE; ASPARAGINE; ASPARTIC ACID; BETA ALANINE; CITRULLINE; CREATININE; GLUTAMIC ACID; GLUTAMINE; GLYCINE; HISTIDINE; ISOLEUCINE; LYSINE; METHIONINE; ORNITHINE; PHENYLALANINE; SERINE; TAURINE; THREONINE; TRYPTOPHAN; TYROSINE; VALINE;

AMINO ACID BLOOD LEVEL; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; BABOON; BODY WEIGHT; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIET RESTRICTION; FEMALE; FETUS; FETUS WEIGHT; GESTATION PERIOD; MATERNAL NUTRITION; NONHUMAN; NUTRIENT AVAILABILITY; PLACENTA WEIGHT; UREA NITROGEN BLOOD LEVEL; WEIGHT GAIN;

AMINO ACIDS; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ANIMALS; BLOOD UREA NITROGEN; BODY WEIGHT; CALORIC RESTRICTION; FEMALE; FETAL GROWTH RETARDATION; FETUS; GESTATIONAL AGE; MATERNAL NUTRITIONAL PHYSIOLOGICAL PHENOMENA; PAPIO; PLACENTA; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY, ANIMAL;

PAPIO; PRIMATES;

EID: 84876266799     PISSN: 00071145     EISSN: 14752662     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S0007114512003261     Document Type: Article

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