title: [Protein quality of dietary yeast ribonucleic acid studied in growing rats. 2. Effect of ribonucleic acid on N balance and urinary N fractions].
abstract: In a balance trial with growing rats the influence of dietary ribonucleic acid (RNA) on N-metabolism was tested. Yeast-RNA was supplied at four levels ranging from 7.8% to 31.2% of diets nitrogen (1.64% in DM from casein + DL-methionine). The mean apparent digestibility of the RNA-N ingested was determined as 95%. Of the RNA-N consumed 16.6% were retained as measured by N-balance technique, whereas no retention of the RNA-N was observed by body-N analysis. This discrepancy in RNA-N retention was attributed to the relatively increased N-losses with higher N-intake when using the N-balance method. By regression analysis it was found that 80.2% of the RNA-N consumed were excreted via kidneys. Of the RNA-N intake 45.5% appeared in urea, 30.9% in allantion, only 1.1% and 0.3% in uric acid and creatinine respectively.
mesh_terms: D000481:Allantoin / Q000652:urine; D000824:Animal Nutritional Physiological Phenomena; D000818:Animals; D001835:Body Weight; D003404:Creatinine / Q000652:urine; D004044:Dietary Proteins / Q000378:metabolism*; D005243:Feces / Q000032:analysis; D008297:Male; D009584:Nitrogen / Q000032:analysis / Q000378:metabolism* / Q000652:urine; D012331:RNA, Fungal / Q000378:metabolism*; D051381:Rats; D011919:Rats, Inbred Strains; D012441:Saccharomyces cerevisiae; D014508:Urea / Q000652:urine; D014527:Uric Acid / Q000652:urine
chemical_list: D004044:Dietary Proteins; D012331:RNA, Fungal; D014527:Uric Acid; D000481:Allantoin; D014508:Urea; D003404:Creatinine; D009584:Nitrogen
vernacular_title: Proteinwert alimentärer Hefe-Ribonukleinsäure in Versuchen an wachsenden Ratten. 2. Mitteilung. Einfluss der Ribonukleinsäure auf die N-Bilanz und N-Fraktionen im Harn.