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Dietary and biochemical parameters of the niacin deficiency in young rats

Carlos Roberto Victória, Ulysses Garzella Meneghelli

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ABSTRACT: Using a defined laboratory diet composed by gelatin (6%) and casein (10%) as protein sources, without tryptophan and nicotinic acid supplementation, it should be possible to reproduce, in young rats, after 28 dais feeding with this deficient diet, a clinical and laboratory model of niacin deficiency. The deficient group, when compared against control, showed poor growth (63.3 g x 163.3 g; p

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Key concepts: Niacin, Casein, Tryptophan, Pellagra, Endocrinology, Internal medicine, Chemistry, Biology