Experimental Lathyrism in Mice Fed Diets Containing Sweet Peas or -aminopropionitrile.
- 1 October 1957
- journal article
- research article
- Published by Frontiers Media SA in Experimental Biology and Medicine
- Vol. 96 (1) , 171-174
- https://doi.org/10.3181/00379727-96-23422
Abstract
Experimental lathyrism was produced in weanling mice by the feeding of Lathyrus odoratus (sweet pea) seeds or [beta]-amino-propionitrile. The skeletal lesions and dissecting aortic aneurysms resembled those seen in rats receiving such diets. The microscopic changes occurring in the aorta are described. Mice showed a greater resistance and a greater individual variation in susceptibility to the skeletal effects of such diets than did rats.Keywords
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