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Nitrogenous balance

Nitrogenous balance – the size determining the level of a nitrogen metabolism of an organism. It is characterized by a difference between amount of the nitrogen getting to an organism with food and amount of nitrogen which is removed from an organism with a stake, urine and then.

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  • Nitrogenous balance negative (synonym: nitrogenous deficit) – one of conditions of a nitrogen metabolism at which the amount of the nitrogen removed from an organism is higher than the quantity entered with food. It is observed at proteinaceous starvation, and also at the diseases connected with the strengthened proteolysis of fabrics;
  • Nitrogenous balance positive – one of conditions of a nitrogen metabolism at which the amount of nitrogen entered with food is higher brought out of an organism. It is observed at regeneration processes, in organism growth periods, etc.
 
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