Dietary requirements for indispensable amino acids in adult humans: New concepts, methods of estimation, uncertainties and challenges

Annals of Nutrition and Metabolism

Volumn 43, Issue 5, 1999, Pages 267-276

  Metges, Cornelia C ^a   Petzke, Klaus J ^a   Young, Vernon R ^b  

^a GERMAN INSTITUTE OF HUMAN NUTRITION   (Germany)

^b MASSACHUSETTS INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ESSENTIAL AMINO ACID; TRACER;

HUMAN; NITROGEN BALANCE; NUTRITIONAL REQUIREMENT; OXIDATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW;

EID: 0033383883     PISSN: 02506807     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1159/000012794     Document Type: Review

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