Growth performance and intestinal morphology of broilers fed low protein and low methionine diets supplemented with putrescine

• Main Author: Hashemi, Seyed Mohammad
• Format: Thesis
• Published: 2013
• Online Access: http://psasir.upm.edu.my/id/eprint/38524/
• Institution: Universiti Putra Malaysia

Polyamines (PA) including putrescine (PUT), spermidine(SPD), and spermine (SPM) are a subgroup of biogenic amines and biosynthesized through ornithine decarboxylation. They are completely protonated at physiologic pH and this electrical property of PA enables them to bind with negatively charged mac...