A tracer investigation of obligatory oxidative amino acid losses in healthy, young adults

American Journal of Clinical Nutrition

Volumn 70, Issue 4, 1999, Pages 474-483

  Raguso, Comasia A ^a   Pereira, Paulo ^b   Young, Vernon R ^b  

^a MASSACHUSETTS INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

^b NONE

Author keywords

Cyst(e)ine; Humans; Indispensable amino acid minimum requirement; Leucine; Leucine metabolism; Methionine metabolism; Obligatory oxidative losses; Sulfur amino acids

Indexed keywords

ARGININE; ASPARTIC ACID; CYSTEINE; ESSENTIAL AMINO ACID; GLUTAMIC ACID; GLYCINE; HISTIDINE; ISOLEUCINE; LEUCINE; LYSINE; METHIONINE; PHENYLALANINE; PROLINE; SERINE; THREONINE; TRACER; TRYPTOPHAN; TYROSINE; VALINE;

ADULT; AMINO ACID METABOLISM; ANALYTIC METHOD; ARTICLE; BODY WEIGHT; CLINICAL ARTICLE; DIETARY INTAKE; FEMALE; GLUCOSE UTILIZATION; HUMAN; MALE; METABOLIC REGULATION; NUTRIENT; NUTRITIONAL REQUIREMENT; OXIDATIVE STRESS; PROTEIN RESTRICTION;

EID: 0032853942     PISSN: 00029165     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/ajcn/70.4.474     Document Type: Article

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