The daily phenylalanine requirement of healthy Indian adults

American Journal of Clinical Nutrition

Volumn 83, Issue 6, 2006, Pages 1331-1336

  Kurpad, Anura V ^a   Regan, Meredith M ^b   Raj, Tony D S ^a   Rao, Vidya N ^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

24 h indicator amino acid balance; 24 h indicator amino acid oxidation; Aromatic amino acid requirement; Phenylalanine requirement; Well nourished Indian adults

Indexed keywords

ARGININE; ASPARTIC ACID; CARBON 13; CYSTINE; GLUTAMIC ACID; GLYCINE; HISTIDINE; ISOLEUCINE; LEUCINE; LYSINE; METHIONINE; PHENYLALANINE; PROLINE; SERINE; THREONINE; TRYPTOPHAN; TYROSINE; VALINE; AMINO ACID;

ADULT; AMINO ACID ANALYSIS; ANTHROPOMETRY; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIET SUPPLEMENTATION; DIETARY INTAKE; HUMAN; INDIAN; MALE; NORMAL HUMAN; NUTRITIONAL REQUIREMENT; OXIDATION; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; DIET; INDIA; METABOLISM; OXIDATION REDUCTION REACTION; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; STATISTICAL MODEL;

ADULT; AMINO ACIDS; ANTHROPOMETRY; DIET; HUMANS; INDIA; LINEAR MODELS; MALE; NUTRITIONAL REQUIREMENTS; OXIDATION-REDUCTION; PHENYLALANINE;

EID: 33745590475     PISSN: 00029165     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/ajcn/83.6.1331     Document Type: Article

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