A high proportion of leucine is required for optimal stimulation of the rate of muscle protein synthesis by essential amino acids in the elderly

American Journal of Physiology - Endocrinology and Metabolism

Volumn 291, Issue 2, 2006, Pages

  Katsanos, Christos S ^a,c   Kobayashi, Hisamine ^b   Sheffield Moore, Melinda ^a   Aarsland, Asle ^a   Wolfe, Robert R ^a  

^a University of Texas Medical Branch School of Medicine   (United States)

^b AJINOMOTO CO INC   (Japan)

^c SHRINERS HOSPITALS FOR CHILDREN   (United States)

Author keywords

Nutrition; Sarcopenia; Stable isotopes

Indexed keywords

ESSENTIAL AMINO ACID; INSULIN; LEUCINE; MUSCLE PROTEIN; PHENYLALANINE;

ADULT; AGED; AMINO ACID BLOOD LEVEL; ARTICLE; BLOOD FLOW; BLOOD SAMPLING; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; MUSCLE BIOPSY; NORMAL HUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN INTAKE; PROTEIN METABOLISM; PROTEIN SYNTHESIS; VASTUS LATERALIS MUSCLE; WHEY;

ADMINISTRATION, ORAL; ADULT; AGED; AGING; AMINO ACIDS, ESSENTIAL; DIET; DIETARY SUPPLEMENTS; FEMALE; HUMANS; KINETICS; LEUCINE; MALE; MUSCLE PROTEINS; MUSCLE, SKELETAL; PROTEIN BIOSYNTHESIS;

EID: 33745853476     PISSN: 01931849     EISSN: 15221555     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1152/ajpendo.00488.2005     Document Type: Article

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