Application | Comment | Organism |
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molecular biology | short-term vitamin A deficiency in broiler chicks reduces GULO activity without concomittant changes in tissue ascorbic acid | Gallus gallus |
Organism | UniProt | Comment | Textmining |
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Gallus gallus | - |
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Source Tissue | Comment | Organism | Textmining |
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kidney | - |
Gallus gallus | - |
Synonyms | Comment | Organism |
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GULO | - |
Gallus gallus |
L-gulonolactone oxidase | - |
Gallus gallus |
General Information | Comment | Organism |
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physiological function | the effect of vitamin A deficiency in chicks on tissue ascorbic acid, plasma oxidant status and antioxidant capacity, and renal GULO oxidase activity in broiler chickens is investigated. Chicks are fed a practical diet with vitamin A (control) or the same diet without supplemental vitamin A from day-old to 23 or 30 days of age. Growth, feed intake, relative weights of bursa of Fabricius, liver, spleen and testis are significantly reduced in vitamin A-deficient chicks. Vitamin A deficiency depresses renal GULO activity between 20% to 30% | Gallus gallus |