title: Influence of dietary raw green gram (Phaseolus aureus Roxb) and green gram trypsin inhibitors on the activity of certain protein metabolism enzymes in rats.
abstract: The influence of a raw green gram (RGG) diet, an autoclaved green gram (AGG) diet and green gram trypsin inhibitors (GGTI) incorporated in AGG diet on urinary and blood urea and creatinine levels in rats was studied. The activities of certain liver enzymes of pathways associated with protein or amino acid metabolism were also studied. The levels of urea and creatinine in urine and blood were found to be significantly increased in rats fed the RGG and GGTI-incorporated AGG diets when compared to the animals fed with the AGG diet. The levels of enzyme activities of arginase, ornithine transcarbamoylase, aspartate aminotransferase and alanine aminotransferase were also found to be significantly increased along with that of urea and creatinine, The possible role of GGTI on the altered levels of the above-mentioned parameters is discussed.
mesh_terms: D000596:Amino Acids / Q000378:metabolism; D000818:Animals; D003404:Creatinine / Q000378:metabolism; D007887:Fabaceae; D008099:Liver / Q000201:enzymology; D008297:Male; D010946:Plants, Medicinal; D011506:Proteins / Q000378:metabolism*; D051381:Rats; D011919:Rats, Inbred Strains; D014361:Trypsin Inhibitors / Q000494:pharmacology*; D014508:Urea / Q000378:metabolism
chemical_list: D000596:Amino Acids; D011506:Proteins; D014361:Trypsin Inhibitors; D014508:Urea; D003404:Creatinine