TY - JA AU - Kadirvel,R. AU - Pran Vohra AU - Kratzer,F.H. TI - Arginine, lysine and glycine interaction in the nutrition of the chick SN - 0022-3166 PY - 1974/// CY - United States of America PB - American Society for Nutrition KW - Amino acids KW - AGROVOC KW - Interactions KW - Arginine KW - Lysine KW - Glycine (amino acid) KW - Chickens KW - Nutrition N1 - Peer review N2 - Lysine caused a greater depression in growth of chicks fed a diet containing casein than a diet containing a combination of safflower meal, corn gluten meal and soybean meal. Glycine, in the presence of arginine, appeared to exhibit a synergistic effect in alleviating the growth depression induced by an excess of lysine. Similarly, glycine supplementation decreased nitrogen retention in a diet containing 1% but not 2% lysine. The increased need for arginine and glycine in the diet containing an excess of lysine was not due to an increase in the excretion of creatinine and uric acid. The data indicate an interaction among arginine, lysine and glycine in the nutrition of the chicken, and suggest that the presence of glycine limited the growth depression by lysine in the diet containing the plant proteins T2 - The Journal of Nutrition DO - https://doi.org/10.1093/jn/104.9.1127 ER -