A review of physiological and metabolic effects of essential amino acids

Amino Acids

Volumn 14, Issue 4, 1998, Pages 271-300

  Massey, K A ^a   Blakeslee, C H ^a   Pitkow, H S ^a,b  

^a TEMPLE UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF PODIATRIC MEDICINE   (United States)

^b TEMPLE UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Essential amino acids; Metabolism; Physiological effects; Therapeutic applications

Indexed keywords

ESSENTIAL AMINO ACID; NEUROTRANSMITTER;

AMINO ACID METABOLISM; DIGESTION; ENERGY RESOURCE; HUMAN; PHYSIOLOGY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW;

AMINO ACIDS, ESSENTIAL; DIGESTION; ENERGY METABOLISM; HUMANS;

EID: 0031875124     PISSN: 09394451     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/BF01318848     Document Type: Review

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