ID | 30880 |
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Yoshida, Shigeko
Akagi, Rriko
Ubuka, Toshihiko
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Abstract | Excretion of sulfate and taurine, two major metabolites of sulfur, was examined in rats to study the nutritional status of sulfur metabolism in the mammals. Rats maintained on a conventional laboratory diet excreted 1.83 +/- 0.14 mmol of free sulfate and 229.0 +/- 75.3 mumol of taurine/kg of body weight per day. When the diet was changed to a synthetic 25% casein diet, the taurine excretion decreased to 15% of the previous daily excretion, but sulfate excretion decreased only slightly. These decreased levels returned to the original levels when 5 mmol of L-cysteine/kg of body weight was administered into the stomach through a catheter. One week after the first L-cysteine administration, when sulfate and taurine excretion had returned to the original levels, 5 mmol of L-cysteine/kg of body weight was administered likewise. The rats excreted sulfur corresponding to about 95% of L-cysteine administered in the form of free sulfate and taurine within a few days following L-cysteine administration, and sulfate excretion was 3.5 times more than taurine excretion. These results seem to suggest that, in rats, sulfur metabolism is in a state of equilibrium and that sulfate is formed preferentially to taurine. |
Keywords | sulfate
taurine
cysteine
sulfur metabolism
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Amo Type | Article
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Publication Title |
Acta Medica Okayama
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Published Date | 1989-10
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Volume | volume43
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Issue | issue5
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Publisher | Okayama University Medical School
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Start Page | 281
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End Page | 288
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ISSN | 0386-300X
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NCID | AA00508441
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Journal Article
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English
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File Version | publisher
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True
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