Spirulina as a protein source in the nutritional recovery of Wistar Rats

Brazilian Archives of Biology and Technology

Volumn 56, Issue 3, 2013, Pages 447-456

  Moreira, Lidiane Muniz ^a   Behling, Bruna del Sacramento ^b   Rodrigues, Rosane da Silva ^b   Costa, Jorge Alberto Vieira ^a   Soares, Leonor Almeida de Souza ^a  

^a FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF RIO GRANDE   (Brazil)

^b FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF PELOTAS   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Nutritional recovery; Protein malnutrition; Rats; Rattus norvegicus; Spirulina

Indexed keywords

EID: 84881504459     PISSN: 15168913     EISSN: 16784324     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1590/S1516-89132013000300013     Document Type: Article

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