Intestinal parasites increase the dietary lysine requirement in chronically undernourished Indian men

American Journal of Clinical Nutrition

Volumn 78, Issue 6, 2003, Pages 1145-1151

  Kurpad, Anura V ^a   Regan, Meredith M ^b   Nazareth, Dilip ^a   Nagaraj, Savita ^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

Chronically undernourished Indian men; Indicator amino acid balance; Indicator amino acid oxidation; Intestinal parasites; Lysine requirement

Indexed keywords

AMINO ACID; CARBON 13; LEUCINE; LYSINE; TRACER; CARBON; DIAGNOSTIC AGENT;

ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; DIET SUPPLEMENTATION; DIETARY INTAKE; DISEASE SEVERITY; HUMAN; INDIAN; INFESTATION; INTESTINE PARASITE; MALE; MALNUTRITION; NUTRITIONAL REQUIREMENT; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE; ADULT; ANTHROPOMETRY; CHRONIC DISEASE; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; FECES; INDIA; INTESTINE INFECTION; METABOLISM; NUTRITIONAL STATUS; PARASITOLOGY; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL;

ADULT; ANTHROPOMETRY; CARBON ISOTOPES; CHRONIC DISEASE; FECES; HUMANS; INDIA; INTESTINAL DISEASES, PARASITIC; LYSINE; MALE; MALNUTRITION; NUTRITIONAL REQUIREMENTS; NUTRITIONAL STATUS;

EID: 0642337757     PISSN: 00029165     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/ajcn/78.6.1145     Document Type: Article

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