Plasma amino acids during human spaceflight

Aviation Space and Environmental Medicine

Volumn 70, Issue 3 I, 1999, Pages 250-255

  Stein, T P ^a   Schluter, M D ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MEDICINE AND DENTISTRY OF NEW JERSEY   (United States)

Author keywords

Amino acids; Plasma; Spaceflight

Indexed keywords

BRANCHED CHAIN AMINO ACID; ISOLEUCINE; LEUCINE; VALINE;

AMINO ACID ANALYSIS; AMINO ACID BLOOD LEVEL; ARTICLE; BLOOD SAMPLING; BODY WEIGHT; ENERGY METABOLISM; HUMAN TISSUE; NITROGEN BALANCE; NITROGEN URINE LEVEL; NONHUMAN; PROTEIN LOCALIZATION; SPACE FLIGHT;

NASA DISCIPLINE REGULATORY PHYSIOLOGY; NASA EXPERIMENT NUMBER 178120 2/2; NON-NASA CENTER;

FLIGHT EXPERIMENT; MANNED; SHORT DURATION; STS-58 SHUTTLE PROJECT;

AMINO ACIDS; AMINO ACIDS, BRANCHED-CHAIN; DIET; ENERGY INTAKE; HUMANS; ISOLEUCINE; LEUCINE; NITROGEN; SPACE FLIGHT;

EID: 0033011127     PISSN: 00956562     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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