To determine the effect of a soft diet and aging on the masticatory motor unit, we investigated the morphologic and metabolic properties of the superficial masseter muscle and its motoneurons in rats. Twenty rats were divided into four groups of five rats: rats fed a hard diet until 4 months after b
Effect of aging and diet on proton NMR spectra of rat urine
β Scribed by J. D. Bell; P. J. Sadler; V. C. Morris; O. A. Levander
- Publisher
- John Wiley and Sons
- Year
- 1991
- Tongue
- English
- Weight
- 477 KB
- Volume
- 17
- Category
- Article
- ISSN
- 0740-3194
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β¦ Synopsis
500 MHz 1H NMR studies of rat urine are used to assess metabolic changes resulting from aging (0.5-20 months) and changes in diet (casein versus chow). Aging rats fed chow diets decrease their excretion of citrate and 2-oxoglutarate, while the output of taurine and creatinine increases. Only young rats (1 month or less postweaning) excrete significant amounts of betaine and trimethylamine-N-oxide. Rats fed casein diets for 1 month postweaning do not excrete 2-oxoglutarate and excrete lower levels of hippurate, succinate, and citrate compared to rats fed chow diets. They also excrete N-methylnicotinamide. These high resolution proton NMR studies provide metabolic profiles which are not readily available by other techniques.
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