Oral N-carbamylglutamate supplementation increases protein synthesis in skeletal muscle of piglets

Journal of Nutrition

Volumn 137, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 315-319

  Frank, Jason W ^a   Escobar, Jeffery ^a,c   Nguyen, Hanh V ^a   Jobgen, Scott C ^b   Jobgen, Wenjuan S ^b   Davis, Teresa A ^a   Wu, Guoyao ^b  

^a BAYLOR COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b TEXAS A AND M UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c VIRGINIA POLYTECHNIC INSTITUTE AND STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARGININE; CARBAMYLGLUTAMATE; GLUTAMIC ACID DERIVATIVE; GROWTH HORMONE; MUSCLE PROTEIN; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BODY WEIGHT; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIET SUPPLEMENTATION; DIETARY INTAKE; DUODENUM; FEEDING; FOOD DEPRIVATION; GASTROCNEMIUS MUSCLE; GROWTH RATE; LACTATION; MILK; MUSCLE DEVELOPMENT; MUSCLE GROWTH; NEWBORN; NONHUMAN; OPTIMAL FORAGING; PIGLET; PROTEIN BLOOD LEVEL; PROTEIN INTAKE; PROTEIN SYNTHESIS; WEIGHT GAIN;

SUIDAE;

EID: 33846781162     PISSN: 00223166     EISSN: 15416100     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/jn/137.2.315     Document Type: Article

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