Where does our protein carbon come from?

British Journal of Nutrition

Volumn 95, Issue 6, 2006, Pages 1031-1032

  Hedges, Robert ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AMINO ACID; CARBOHYDRATE; CARBON; CARBON 13; COLLAGEN; FISH PROTEIN; ISOTOPE; NITROGEN;

AMINO ACID SYNTHESIS; ARCHEOLOGY; DIABETES MELLITUS; DIETARY INTAKE; FEEDING BEHAVIOR; FOOD COMPOSITION; GLYCOLYSIS; HUMAN; INFECTION; MAIZE; NONHUMAN; NOTE; NUTRITIONAL STATUS; OBESITY; PROTEIN INTAKE; PROTEIN RESTRICTION; STARVATION;

AMINO ACIDS, ESSENTIAL; ANIMALS; BONE AND BONES; CARBON ISOTOPES; COLLAGEN; DIET; DIETARY PROTEINS; HUMANS; TOOTH;

EID: 33745624251     PISSN: 00071145     EISSN: 14752662     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1079/BJN20061782     Document Type: Note

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