Threonine requirements of healthy Indian men, measured by a 24-h indicator amino acid oxidation and balance technique

American Journal of Clinical Nutrition

Volumn 76, Issue 4, 2002, Pages 789-797

  Kurpad, Anura V ^a   Raj, Tony ^a   Regan, Meredith M ^b   Vasudevan, Jahnavi ^a   Caszo, Brinnell ^a   Nazareth, Dilip ^a   Gnanou, Justin ^a   Young, Vernon R ^b  

^a ST JOHN'S NATIONAL ACADEMY OF HEALTH SCIENCES   (India)

^b MASSACHUSETTS INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

Author keywords

Healthy Indian men; Indicator amino acid balance; Indicator amino acid oxidation; Leucine kinetics; Threonine requirements

Indexed keywords

LEUCINE; THREONINE;

ADULT; AMINO ACID METABOLISM; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; HUMAN; INDIAN; LINEAR REGRESSION ANALYSIS; MALE; NUTRITIONAL REQUIREMENT; OXIDATION; VALIDATION PROCESS;

APOGON BRACHYGRAMMUS;

EID: 0036783742     PISSN: 00029165     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/ajcn/76.4.789     Document Type: Article

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