Mechanisms of postprandial protein accretion in human skeletal muscle: Insight from leucine and phenylalanine forearm kinetics

Journal of Clinical Investigation

Volumn 98, Issue 6, 1996, Pages 1361-1372

  Tessari, Paolo ^a,b   Zanetti, Michela ^a   Barazzoni, Rocco ^a   Vettore, Monica ^a   Michielan, Flavio ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PADOVA   (Italy)

^b Dipto di Med Clin e Sperimentale   (Italy)

Author keywords

forearm protein synthesis; forearm proteolysis; leucine oxidation; postprandial state

Indexed keywords

LEUCINE; PHENYLALANINE;

AMINO ACID METABOLISM; ARTICLE; BODY MASS; ENERGY BALANCE; FOREARM BLOOD FLOW; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; KINETICS; MUSCLE BIOPSY; POSTPRANDIAL STATE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN AGGREGATION; PROTEIN DEGRADATION; PROTEIN SYNTHESIS REGULATION; SKELETAL MUSCLE;

EID: 0029745405     PISSN: 00219738     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1172/JCI118923     Document Type: Article

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