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The relationship between individual dietary constituents and antipyrine metabolism in Indo‐Pakistani immigrants to Britain.
Author(s) -
Mucklow JC,
Caraher MT,
Henderson DB,
Chapman PH,
Roberts DF,
Rawlins MD
Publication year - 1982
Publication title -
british journal of clinical pharmacology
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.216
H-Index - 146
eISSN - 1365-2125
pISSN - 0306-5251
DOI - 10.1111/j.1365-2125.1982.tb01408.x
Subject(s) - saliva , population , endocrinology , medicine , zoology , physiology , biology , environmental health
1 Antipyrine clearance has been measured from serial saliva samples in 36 healthy adult Indo‐Pakistani immigrants to Britain, to assess the effect of dietary differences within this population. 2 Clearance (mean +/‐ s.e. mean) was significantly slower in 16 lactovegetarians (0.54 +/‐ 0.06 ml min −1 kg −1) than in the subjects who ate meat regularly (0.91 +/‐0.07 ml min −1 kg −1). 3 The absence of meat from the diet was associated with a significantly smaller daily intake of dietary protein, which was abnormally low by Western standards. 4 It is likely that the contrast in daily protein intake between the dietary subgroups was largely responsible for the differences observed in antipyrine clearance.