Dietary glutamate supplementation ameliorates mycotoxin-induced abnormalities in the intestinal structure and expression of amino acid transporters in young pigs.

The purpose of this study was to investigate the hypothesis that dietary supplementation with glutamic acid has beneficial effects on growth performance, antioxidant system, intestinal morphology, serum amino acid profile and the gene expression of intestinal amino acid transporters in growing swine...

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Main Authors: Jielin Duan, Jie Yin, Miaomiao Wu, Peng Liao, Dun Deng, Gang Liu, Qingqi Wen, Yongfei Wang, Wei Qiu, Yan Liu, Xingli Wu, Wenkai Ren, Bie Tan, Minghong Chen, Hao Xiao, Li Wu, Tiejun Li, Charles M Nyachoti, Olayiwola Adeola, Yulong Yin
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2014-01-01
Series:PLoS ONE
Online Access:http://europepmc.org/articles/PMC4236086?pdf=render