Plasma and Urinary Components in Vitamin A-Deficient Ewes

1. The changes in the concentration of some enzymes and their metabolites were studied in the first stages of vitamin A deficiency in chicks.2. Kidney arginase (EC3.5.3.1) and liver xanthine dehydrogenase activities had increased even before complete disappearance of vitamin A from the plasma. Similarly, an increase was found in plasma uric acid, and plasma urea also increased but to a lesser extent. Liver proteolytic activity also was slightly increased by vitamin A deficiency.3. Kidney D-amino acid oxidase (EC1.4.3.3) activity and plasma concentrations of total protein and free amino acids were not affected, at least in the first stages of the deficiency.4. Oral dosing of deficient chicks with retinyl palmitate to provide 300 μg retinol, 24 h before killing, brought about a decrease in the activities of both enzymes and of plasma uric acid, and an increase in plasma urea.5. Dietary levels of vitamin A were reflected not only in the liver concentrations of the vitamin but also in the plasma concentrations.

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Effect of vitamin A deficiency on protein catabolism in chicks

Bruckental

Ascarelli

Bondi

1974

Br J Nutr

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Vitamin A Deficiency and Urinary Calcium Excretion in Rats

Zile

DeLuca

Ahrens

1972

The Journal of Nutrition

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Effect of Vitamin A Deficiency on some Enzymes Involved in Protein and Vitamin A Metabolism

Bondi¹,

Dror²,

Nir³

et al. 1973

Ann Nutr Metab

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Plasma and Urinary Components in Vitamin A-Deficient Ewes

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Effect of vitamin A deficiency on protein catabolism in chicks

Effect of vitamin A deficiency on protein catabolism in chicks

Vitamin A Deficiency and Urinary Calcium Excretion in Rats

Effect of Vitamin A Deficiency on some Enzymes Involved in Protein and Vitamin A Metabolism

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