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

American Journal of Clinical Nutrition

Volumn 77, Issue 5, 2003, Pages 1198-1205

  Kurpad, Anura V ^a   Regan, Meredith M ^b   Varalakshmi, Sureka ^a   Vasudevan, Jahnavi ^a   Gnanou, Justin ^a   Raj, Tony ^a   Young, Vernon R ^b  

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

^b MASSACHUSETTS INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

Author keywords

24 h indicator amino acid balance; 24 h indicator amino acid oxidation; Methionine requirement; Requirement for sulfur containing amino acids; Well nourished Indian adults

Indexed keywords

AMINO ACID; LEUCINE; METHIONINE; CARBON;

ANTHROPOMETRY; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIET SUPPLEMENTATION; HUMAN; LINEAR REGRESSION ANALYSIS; MALE; NORMAL HUMAN; NUTRITION; OXIDATION; ADULT; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; DOSE RESPONSE; INDIA; METABOLISM; NUTRITIONAL REQUIREMENT; OXIDATION REDUCTION REACTION; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; STATISTICAL MODEL;

ADULT; CARBON ISOTOPES; DOSE-RESPONSE RELATIONSHIP, DRUG; HUMANS; INDIA; LEUCINE; LINEAR MODELS; MALE; METHIONINE; NUTRITIONAL REQUIREMENTS; OXIDATION-REDUCTION;

EID: 0038811791     PISSN: 00029165     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/ajcn/77.5.1198     Document Type: Article

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