Efecto de una dieta libre de proteínas sobre la secreción de insulina y somatostatina en ratas / [The effect of a protein-free diet on insulin and somatostatin secretion in rats]

ABSTRACT

We have used a model of experimental protein-energy malnutrition induced in weaned rats by administration of a protein free diet during 2 weeks. Some malnourished rats were then refed with a control diet for 4, 9 or 30 days. Control rats were fed for the same periods with the balanced control diet. Malnourished rats showed a loss in body weight of approximately 25