Neutral and basic amino acid concentrations in plasma during the day in subjects fed with two model rural and two model urban Mexican diets

American Journal of Clinical Nutrition

Volumn 63, Issue 3, 1996, Pages 335-341

  Tovar, Armando R ^a   Ascencio, Claudia ^a   Torres, Nimbe ^a   Gómez, Enrique ^a   Bourges, Héctor ^a  

^a INSTITUTO NACIONAL DE CIENCIAS MÉDICAS Y NUTRICIÓN SALVADOR ZUBIRÁN   (Mexico)

Author keywords

Amino acids; diet; Mexico; plasma

Indexed keywords

ALANINE; AMINO ACID; ISOLEUCINE; LYSINE; PHENYLALANINE; VALINE;

ADULT; AMINO ACID ANALYSIS; AMINO ACID BLOOD LEVEL; AMINO ACID COMPOSITION; ARTICLE; CALORIC INTAKE; FEMALE; FOOD COMPOSITION; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; PROTEIN INTAKE;

EID: 0029938987     PISSN: 00029165     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/ajcn/63.3.335     Document Type: Article

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