Abstract:
The creatine (phosphorylated and non-phosphorylated) and ATP contents of biceps brachii of male and female mice were measured after one and five weeks of feeding 5% protein diet. The ATP contents were the first to be affected during protein malnutrition as they decreased after one week but the phosphorylcreatine (PC) remained unaltered. After 5 weeks, however, both these compounds reduce significantly. The PC contents of the muscles of female mice reduced to a greater extent when compared with that of males, whereas reverse is true for the changes in ATP. These striking sex differences arise from different rates of depletion of creatine in the two sexes.
Page(s):
199-205
DOI:
DOI not available
Published:
Journal: Pakistan Journal of Zoology, Volume: 11, Issue: 2, Year: 1979