Twenty-four-hour L-[1-13C]tyrosine and L-[3,3-2H2]phenylalanine oral tracer studies at generous, intermediate, and low phenylalanine intakes to estimate aromatic amino acid requirements in adults

American Journal of Clinical Nutrition

Volumn 67, Issue 4, 1998, Pages 640-659

  Basile Filho, Anibal ^b   Beaumier, Louis ^b   El Khoury, Antoine E ^b   Yu, Yong Ming ^b   Kenneway, Michael ^b   Gleason, Ray E ^b   Young, Vernon R ^a  

^a MASSACHUSETTS INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

^b NONE

Author keywords

Adults; Aromatic amino acid balance; Diurnal rhythm; Humans; Indispensable amino acids; Phenylalanine hydroxylation; Requirements; Splanchnic uptake; Stable isotopes; Tracer infusion studies; Tyrosine balance; Tyrosine oxidation

Indexed keywords

AROMATIC AMINO ACID; CARBON 13; DEUTERIUM; ESSENTIAL AMINO ACID; LEUCINE; PHENYLALANINE; TRACER; TYROSINE;

ADULT; AMINO ACID METABOLISM; ARTICLE; CALORIMETRY; CIRCADIAN RHYTHM; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIETARY INTAKE; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; HYDROXYLATION; MALE; NORMAL HUMAN; OXIDATION;

EID: 0031955071     PISSN: 00029165     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/ajcn/67.4.640     Document Type: Article

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