Alpha-lactalbumin combined with a regular diet increases plasma Trp-LNAA ratio

Physiology and Behavior

Volumn 81, Issue 4, 2004, Pages 585-593

  Beulens, Joline W J ^a,b   Bindels, Jacques G ^a,b   De Graaf, Cees ^b   Alles, Martine S ^a   Wouters Wesseling, Wendeline ^a  

^a NUMICO RESEARCH   (Netherlands)

^b WAGENINGEN UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Appetite; Mood; Plasma Trp LNAA ratio; Regular diet; Serotonin; Lactalbumin

Indexed keywords

ALPHA LACTALBUMIN; AMINO ACID; CARBOHYDRATE; SEROTONIN; TRYPTOPHAN;

ADULT; APPETITE; ARTICLE; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIET SUPPLEMENTATION; DIETARY INTAKE; DOUBLE BLIND PROCEDURE; FOOD INTAKE; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; MACRONUTRIENT; MALE; MOOD; NORMAL HUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROLACTIN BLOOD LEVEL; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL;

EID: 2642583843     PISSN: 00319384     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.physbeh.2004.02.027     Document Type: Article

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