Threonine requirement of young men determined by indicator amino acid oxidation with use of L-[1-13C]phenylalanine

American Journal of Clinical Nutrition

Volumn 71, Issue 3, 2000, Pages 757-764

  Wilson, David C ^b   Rafii, Mahroukh ^b   Ball, Ronald O ^b   Pencharz, Paul B ^a  

^a HOSPITAL FOR SICK CHILDREN   (Canada)

^b NONE

Author keywords

Amino acid requirement; Indicator amino acid oxidation; Men; Phenylalanine; Stable isotope; Threonine

Indexed keywords

BIOLOGICAL MARKER; PHENYLALANINE; THREONINE;

ADULT; AMINO ACID METABOLISM; ANALYTIC METHOD; ARTICLE; BIOLOGICAL MONITORING; DEGRADATION; DIETARY INTAKE; FOOD INTAKE; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; LIPID COMPOSITION; MALE; NITROGEN BALANCE; NORMAL HUMAN; NUTRITIONAL REQUIREMENT; OXIDATION; PROTEIN TRANSPORT; REGRESSION ANALYSIS;

EID: 0033996563     PISSN: 00029165     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/ajcn/71.3.757     Document Type: Article

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