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Journal of Nutrition Vol. 54 No. 2 October 1954, pp. 291-304
Copyright © 1954 by American Society for Nutrition
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Protein Metabolism in the Pregnant Rat1

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George H. Beaton, Joyce Beare, Mi Heh Ryu and E. W. McHenry

Department of Public Health Nutrition, University of Toronto Toronto, Canada

1. During the first two weeks of pregnancy in the rat, marked storage of fat and water occurs in the maternal carcass while there is little fetal growth.
2. At about the 15th day of gestation, a definite decrease in fat stores occurs and the retention of protein increases. Accompanying protein retention there are decreases in blood amino nitrogen, in hepatic alanine-glutamic transaminase and in the rate of urea formation in liver slices.
3. It is suggested that growth hormone may be implicated in the alteration in metabolism observed at about the 15th day of gestation.

1 This study was made possible by a grant from the Department of National Health and Welfare of the Government of Canada.

Manuscript received 10 May 1954.




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