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alpha-hydroxy-gamma-methylmercaptobutyric acid

Known as: 2-hydroxy-4-methylthiobutanoic acid, alpha-hydroxy-gamma-methylthiobutyrate, 2-hydroxy-4-(methylthio)butanoic acid 
National Institutes of Health

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Methionine
analogs & derivatives

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Highly Cited
2011
Highly Cited
2011
Effects of dietary supplementation of methionine and its hydroxy analog DL-2-hydroxy-4-methylthiobutanoic acid on growth performance, plasma hormone levels, and the redox status of broiler chickens…
Heat stress is known to impair performance and to induce oxidative stress in poultry. The aim of the present study was to compare… 
Highly Cited
2008
Highly Cited
2008
Effects of organic acids on growth and phosphorus utilization in rainbow trout Oncorhynchus mykiss
An experiment was conducted to investigate the effect of various organic acid (OA) supplementation on phosphorus (P) and nitrogen… 
2007
2007
Effect of different dietary methionine sources on intestinal microbial populations in broiler chickens.
Two experiments were conducted to study the effect of various levels of DL-Met or 2-hydroxy-4-methylthiobutanoic acid (MHA-FA) on… 
2007
2007
Determining the methionine activity of Mintrex organic trace minerals in broiler chicks by using radiolabel tracing or growth assay.
Mintrex Zn, Mintrex Cu, and Mintrex Mn organic trace minerals contain 16% Zn, 15% Cu, and 13% Mn with 80, 78, and 76% 2-hydroxy-4… 
Highly Cited
2006
Highly Cited
2006
Estimation of the true ileal digestible lysine and sulfur amino acid requirement and comparison of the bioefficacy of 2-hydroxy-4-(methylthio)butanoic acid and DL-methionine in eleven- to twenty-six…
Three experiments were conducted to determine the true ileal digestible (TID) Lys and sulfur AA (SAA) requirement and to compare… 
2005
2005
Metal chelates of 2-hydroxy-4-methylthiobutanoic acid in animal feeding. Part 2: Further characterizations, in vitro and in vivo investigations.
1992
1992
Effect of heat stress on 2-hydroxy-4-(methylthio)butanoic acid and DL-methionine absorption measured in vitro.
The objective of the present experiments was to determine the biochemical basis for preliminary chick performance data, which… 
Highly Cited
1989
Highly Cited
1989
Biosynthesis and incorporation into protein of norleucine by Escherichia coli.
The methionine analog norleucine was produced during the synthesis of bovine somatotropin by Escherichia coli strain W3110G… 
Highly Cited
1985
Highly Cited
1985
Response of broilers to DL-methionine hydroxy analog free acid, DL-methionine, and L-methionine.
An experiment was designed to compare graded levels of DL-methionine hydroxy analog, free acid, 88% in aqueous solution; 2… 
Highly Cited
1984
Highly Cited
1984
Conversion of 2-hydroxy-4-(methylthio)butanoic acid to L-methionine in the chick: a stereospecific pathway.
Conversion of 2-hydroxy-4-(methylthio)butanoic acid (HMB) to L-methionine (L-Met) was studied by using chick liver homogenates… 
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