Effect of Lipotropic Agents in a Diet Containing Pure Amino Acids in Place of Protein
- 1 February 1948
- journal article
- research article
- Published by Frontiers Media SA in Experimental Biology and Medicine
- Vol. 67 (2) , 198-199
- https://doi.org/10.3181/00379727-67-16251
Abstract
Rats fed an alipotropic diet in which a mixture of amino acids replaced protein developed fatty livers in spite of low food intake and emaciation. Methionine in adequate dosage exerted a lipotropic effect although there was still 10% of fat in the liver when the methionine constituted 2.4% of the diet. When 25 mg. of choline chloride/day were fed the livers were essentially normal.Keywords
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- Absence of Lipotropic Activity of Methionine When Pure Amino Acids Were Substituted for Dietary ProteinExperimental Biology and Medicine, 1947