Plasma Amino Acid Imbalance and Hepatic Coma

Diet selection by control and hypothalamic–hyperphagic rats was recorded to examine the hypothesis that the plasma amino acid pattern may act as a satiety signal with respect to the decreased food intake associated with amino acid unbalanced diets. Rats were offered choices between: (a) protein-free and imbalanced diets; (b) imbalanced and corrected diets; (c) corrected and basal diets. Although selection by control and operated rats differed with respect to choice a, selection behaviors were comparable for choices b and c. Plasma amino acid patterns were similar in control and operated rats indicating that the same potential satiety signal was present in both groups. Since the "satiety center" was ablated in operated rats, it would seem that if plasma amino acid patterns serve as a satiety signal, this signal must act in some manner other than on the ventromedial area of the hypothalamus.

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Effect of Glucose and/or Branched Chain Amino Acid Infusion on Plasma Amino Acid Imbalance in Chronic Liver Failure

Journal of Parenteral and Enteral Nutrition ◽

10.1177/0148607181005005414 ◽

1981 ◽

Vol 5 (5) ◽

pp. 414-419 ◽

Cited By ~ 32

Author(s):

Filippo Rossi-Fanelli ◽

Mario Angelico ◽

Carlo Cangiano ◽

Antonia Cascino ◽

Riccardo Capocaccia ◽

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Keyword(s):

Amino Acid ◽

Liver Failure ◽

Plasma Amino Acid ◽

Chronic Liver Failure ◽

Acid Infusion ◽

Amino Acid Infusion ◽

Branched Chain Amino Acid ◽

Amino Acid Imbalance ◽

Branched Chain ◽

Effect Of Glucose

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Clinical Assessment of Nutritional Status in Patients with Liver Cirrhosis with Special Reference to Plasma Amino Acid Imbalance

Journal of Clinical Biochemistry and Nutrition ◽

10.3164/jcbn.1.89 ◽

1986 ◽

Vol 1 (1) ◽

pp. 89-95 ◽

Cited By ~ 7

Author(s):

Yasutoshi MUTO ◽

Takashi YOSHIDA ◽

Masahiro YAMATOH

Keyword(s):

Liver Cirrhosis ◽

Amino Acid ◽

Nutritional Status ◽

Special Reference ◽

Clinical Assessment ◽

Plasma Amino Acid ◽

Amino Acid Imbalance

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Prevalence of subclinical hepatic encephalopathy in cirrhotics and relationship to plasma amino acid imbalance

Digestive Diseases and Sciences ◽

10.1007/bf01345296 ◽

1980 ◽

Vol 25 (10) ◽

pp. 763-768 ◽

Cited By ~ 43

Author(s):

Giulio Marchesini ◽

Marco Zoli ◽

Cristina Dondi ◽

Lucia Cecchini ◽

Angela Angiolini ◽

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Keyword(s):

Hepatic Encephalopathy ◽

Amino Acid ◽

Plasma Amino Acid ◽

Subclinical Hepatic Encephalopathy ◽

Amino Acid Imbalance

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Amino Acid Imbalance in the Liquid-fed Lamb

Australian Journal of Biological Sciences ◽

10.1071/bi9750169 ◽

1975 ◽

Vol 28 (2) ◽

pp. 169 ◽

Cited By ~ 14

Author(s):

QR Rogers ◽

AR Egan

Keyword(s):

Amino Acids ◽

Growth Rate ◽

Amino Acid ◽

Liquid Diet ◽

Plasma Amino Acid ◽

Amino Acid Supplement ◽

Gross Energy ◽

Amino Acid Imbalance ◽

Voluntary Intake ◽

Amino Acid Concentrations

Eleven Poll Dorset x Merino crossbred female lambs 4 weeks of age were trained to suck liquid diets from bottles. In three separate experiments liquid diets providing 14� 2 % (expt 1) 10� 6 % (expt 2) or 8�0 % (expt 3) of gross energy as protein and amino acids were fed. Responses in voluntary intake, growth rate and changes in plasma amino acid concentrations were studied when complete or incomplete mixtures of amino acids were added to the liquid diet. These mixtures supplied either: (1) all amino acids in quantities to bring the total of protein plus amino acids to provide more than 20% of dietary gross energy, the amino acids being provided in proportions estimated to meet adequately the lamb's requirements ('complete'); or (2) as the same total amount of amino acids but with the amino acid supplement devoid of threonine ('low-threonine', expts 1 and 2) or isoleucine ('low isoleucine', expt 3).

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