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THE PROTEIN‐SPARING EFFECT OF CARBOHYDRATE IN NORMAL AND BURNED RATS
Author(s) -
Lathe G. H.,
Peters R. A.
Publication year - 1949
Publication title -
quarterly journal of experimental physiology and cognate medical sciences
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.925
H-Index - 101
eISSN - 1469-445X
pISSN - 0033-5541
DOI - 10.1113/expphysiol.1949.sp000946
Subject(s) - excretion , carbohydrate , sucrose , zoology , chemistry , nitrogen balance , nitrogen , endocrinology , medicine , food science , biology , biochemistry , organic chemistry
1. Studies of the nitrogen excretion of tube‐fed rats have been made under different dietary conditions, and following a standard burn. 2. Substitution of carbohydrate for the fat of a 25 per cent. fat diet, without changing the caloric intake, results in a reduced nitrogen excretion. 3. In unburned animals a sucrose supplement given with the meals substantially reduces the nitrogen excretion on a non‐fat diet during a 3‐day period, following which it rises toward its previous level. 4. The data obtained upon the effect of sucrose supplements after burning, when examined statistically, did not permit of a decision either way. 5. The significance of these findings is discussed.