Abstract
The influence of diet on the excretion of catecholamines, some of their metabolites, and pHPG, an octopamine metabolite, was examined. Two groups of rats were fed either a cereal-containing standard laboratory Purina rat chow or a cereal-free casein diet. Use of the standard chow resulted in significant increases in the urinary values for total MHPG, pHPG, DHPE, MHPE, and free and total DOPAC by the seventh day in comparison to the casein diet. No changes were noted in the excretion of free and total NE, DA, and HVA. The data indicate that it is necessary to place the animals on the casein diet several days before determining the excretion of the aforementioned metabolites.
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