Food selection studies of rats fed tryptophan-imbalanced diets with or without niacin

Pant, K.C.; Rogers, Q.R.; Harper, A.E.; Pant, K.C; Rogers, Q.R; Harper, A.E

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Food selection studies of rats fed tryptophan-imbalanced diets with or without niacin

Pant, K.C.; Rogers, Q.R.; Harper, A.E.

Journal of Nutrition 102(1): 131-142

1972

ISSN/ISBN: 0022-3166

PMID: 4257076

Document Number: 55748

Male weanling Sprague-Dawley ats were given a choice between an imbalanced diet of 7.8% amino acid mixture deficient in tryptophan and 8% casein adequate in niacin on the one hand, and a protein-free diet on the other. The imbalanced diet was consistently rejected in favour of the protein-free diet.