Effect of Hormones and Protein Level on Induction of Enzymes Involved in Histidine Degradation and Folate Metabolism

The effects of the hormones thyroxine, glucagon and hydrocortisone, and of protein level on hepatic histidase, urocanase, and certain folate enzymes were studied in rats. Hypothyroidism, induced either by feeding thiouracil or by thyroidectomy, increased histidase, urocanase, and the folate dependen...

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Main Authors: Nair C.P.P., Stokstad E. L. Robert
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: De Gruyter 1990-09-01
Series:Pteridines
Online Access:https://doi.org/10.1515/pteridines.1990.2.3.183