Intestinal protein content in chicken: effect of sodium in the diet.
The intestinal protein content has been determined in different segments of the whole intestine of 15 week-old chicks with a high-sodium and low-sodium diet. When the protein content was expressed as a function of the segment weight, the order was jejunum > duodenum > ileum > distal cecum > rectum > proximal cecum, irrespective of the sodium diet levels. The animals on a low-sodium diet show a higher protein content than those on the high-sodium diet, especially in the rectum. When the protein contents were expressed as a function of the weight of the mucosa in the segment, the differences were not so clear.
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Dept. Ciencies Fisiologiques Humanes i de la Nutrició, Facultat de Farmàcia, Universitat de Barcelona, Spain.
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D000450:Aldosterone / Q000494:pharmacology; D000818:Animals; D002645:Chickens / Q000378:metabolism*; D003106:Colon / Q000033:anatomy & histology / Q000187:drug effects / Q000378:metabolism; D004032:Diet; D007413:Intestinal Mucosa / Q000378:metabolism*; D007421:Intestine, Small / Q000033:anatomy & histology / Q000187:drug effects / Q000378:metabolism; D007422:Intestines / Q000033:anatomy & histology / Q000187:drug effects; D009929:Organ Size / Q000502:physiology; D011506:Proteins / Q000378:metabolism*; D012982:Sodium, Dietary / Q000494:pharmacology*
D011506:Proteins; D012982:Sodium, Dietary; D000450:Aldosterone