Hostname: page-component-cd9895bd7-q99xh Total loading time: 0 Render date: 2024-12-25T01:15:15.118Z Has data issue: false hasContentIssue false
  • English
  • Français

The relationship between an elevated serum amino acid ratio and the development of other biological abnormalities in the experimentally malnourished pig

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  09 March 2007

R. F. Grimble  and
R. G. Whitehead
R. F. Grimble
Affiliation:
Dunn Nutritional Laboratory, University of Cambridge, and Medical Research Council
R. G. Whitehead
Affiliation:
Dunn Nutritional Laboratory, University of Cambridge, and Medical Research Council
Rights & Permissions [Opens in a new window]

Abstract

Core share and HTML view are not available for this content. However, as you have access to this content, a full PDF is available via the ‘Save PDF’ action button.

1. Weanling pigs were fed under three dietary regimens, control, low protein and total calorie restricted.

2. In the protein-deficient group the amino acid ratio did not start to become elevated until growth was impaired and total serum protein and albumin concentration began to fall.

3. In the protein-deficient group, but not in the control or undernourished animals, the magnitude of the ratio was statistically correlated with the rate of growth, appetite, serum protein and albumin concentration and hydroxyproline excretion.

4. The results provide information on the relationship between the serum amino acid ratio and nutritional status.

Type
Research Article
Information
British Journal of Nutrition , Volume 23 , Issue 4 , November 1969 , pp. 791 - 804
Copyright
Copyright © The Nutrition Society 1969

References

Arroyave, G. (1962). Am. J. clin. Nutr. 11, 447.Google Scholar
Bonsnes, R. W. & Taussky, H. H. (1945). J. biol. Chem. 158, 581.CrossRefGoogle Scholar
Grimble, R. F., Sawyer, M. B. & Whitehead, R. G. (1969). Br. J. Nutr. 23, 879.Google Scholar
Heard, C. R. C., Kriegsman, S. M. & Platt, B. S. (1968). Proc. Nutr. Soc. 27, 20A.Google Scholar
Holt, L. E., Snyderman, S. E., Norton, P. M., Roitman, E. & Finch, J. (1963). Lancet ii, 1343.CrossRefGoogle Scholar
Lister, D. & McCance, R. A. (1967). Br. J. Nutr. 21, 787.Google Scholar
McCance, R. A. & Widdowson, E. M. (1966). Lancet ii, 158.Google Scholar
Ness, A. T., Dickerson, H. C. & Pastewka, J. V. (1965). Clin. chim. Acta 12, 532.CrossRefGoogle Scholar
Pereira, S. M., Begum, A., Sundararaj, R. & Dumm, M. E. (1968). Am. J. clin. Nutr. 21, 167.CrossRefGoogle Scholar
Prockop, D. J. & Udenfriend, S. (1960). Analyt. Biochem. 1, 228.CrossRefGoogle Scholar
Rutishauser, I. H. E. & Whitehead, R. G. (1969). Br. J. Nutr. 23, 1.CrossRefGoogle Scholar
Saunders, S. J., Truswell, A. S., Barbezat, G. O., Wittman, W. & Hansen, J. D. L. (1967). Lancet ii, 795.CrossRefGoogle Scholar
Swendseid, M. E., Tuttle, S. G., Figueroa, W. S., Mulcare, D., Clark, A. J. & Massey, F. J. (1966). J. Nutr. 88, 239.CrossRefGoogle Scholar
Webster, D. (1965). Clin. chim. Acta 11, 101.CrossRefGoogle Scholar
Whitehead, R. G. (1964). Lancet i, 250.CrossRefGoogle Scholar
Whitehead, R. G. (1965). Lancet ii, 567.CrossRefGoogle Scholar
Whitehead, R. G. (1967). Archs Dis. Childh. 42, 479.CrossRefGoogle Scholar
Whitehead, R. G. (1969). Proc. Nutr. Soc. 28, 1.Google Scholar
Whitehead, R. G. & Dean, R. F. A. (1964 a). Am. J. clin. Nutr. 14, 313.Google Scholar
Whitehead, R. G. & Dean, R. F. A. (1964 b). Am. J. clin. Nutr. 14, 320.CrossRefGoogle Scholar
Widdowson, E. M. & Whitehead, R. G. (1966). Nature, Lond. 212, 683.Google Scholar
Young, V. R. & Scrimshaw, N. S. (1968). Br. J. Nutr. 22, 9.Google Scholar