Abstract
Summary
Certain amino acids have been tested for their ability to prevent the portal type of fatty liver which develops in rats subsisting on diets in which the protein was derived from cornmeal, rice, or cassava. DL-tryptophan (0.5%), and L-lysine HCl (1%), individually or together, partially or completely prevented the fatty liver. Threonine had little or no effect. The amino acid requirements for prevention of fatty liver were not correlated with requirements for growth.
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