Biochemical adaptations in early starvation: observations on sex difference.

Broom, J.; Fleck, A.; Davidson, D.F.; Rosenburg, C.; Durnin, J.V.G.A.

Abstract

Twenty-two students, eleven male and eleven female, volunteered to fast for 3 d. Twenty-four hour urine collections were obtained over the period of study, and total nitrogen, urea, and 3-hydroxybutyrate (3-OH-butyrate) were determined in each.

Citation

BROOM, J., FLECK, A., DAVIDSON, D.F., ROSENBURG, C. and DURNIN, J.V.G.A. 1978. Biochemical adaptations in early starvation: observations on sex difference. Proceedings of the Nutrition Society [online], 37(3), page 92A. Available from: https://doi.org/10.1079/PNS19780048

• Journal Article Type: Meeting Abstract
• Acceptance Date: Dec 31, 1978
• Online Publication Date: Dec 31, 1978
• Publication Date: Dec 31, 1978
• Deposit Date: Sep 13, 2012
• Publicly Available Date: Sep 13, 2012
• Journal: Proceedings of the Nutrition Society
• Print ISSN: 0029-6651
• Electronic ISSN: 1475-2719
• Publisher: Cambridge University Press (CUP)
• Peer Reviewed: Peer Reviewed
• Volume: 37
• Issue: 3
• Pages: 92A
• DOI: https://doi.org/10.1079/PNS19780048
• Public URL: http://hdl.handle.net/10059/762