Relation of Dietary Protein Levels to Pancreatic Damage in the Rat

Abstract

The development of typical atrophic lesions of the pancreas in the rat on a completely protein free diet is descr. Supplementation of such a diet with 2% casein is without influence on the pancreas, while either 4% casein or 1% methionine have a marked beneficial effect. On a synthetic diet containing 7.5% casein the microscopic appearance of the pancreas is almost normal.