Publication Date:
1981-07-24
Description:
The nitrate balance of germfree and conventional rats was assessed to determine whether the intestinal flora produces nitrate in vivo. The results indicate that there can be excess nitrate in the urine of germfree as well as conventional rats. This nitrate is apparently of host origin, and the presence of intestinal flora decreases the output of nitrate in urine.〈br /〉〈span class="detail_caption"〉Notes: 〈/span〉Witter, J P -- Gatley, S J -- Balish, E -- New York, N.Y. -- Science. 1981 Jul 24;213(4506):449-50.〈br /〉〈span class="detail_caption"〉Record origin:〈/span〉 〈a href="http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/7244641" target="_blank"〉PubMed〈/a〉
Keywords:
Animals
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Germ-Free Life
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Glucose/metabolism
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Intestines/*microbiology
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Nitrates/*metabolism
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Oxidation-Reduction
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Rats
Print ISSN:
0036-8075
Electronic ISSN:
1095-9203
Topics:
Biology
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Chemistry and Pharmacology
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Computer Science
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Medicine
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Natural Sciences in General
,
Physics
