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UREAPOLYAMINESGLUTAMATE y SEMI ALDEHYDEFigure 4.31 Summary diagrams of amino acid metabolism in mammary tissue. (a) Amino acid
carbon interrelationships, (b) amino acid nitrogen interrelationships (from Mepham, Gaye and
Mercier, 1982).