Aromatic amino acid requirements in healthy human subjects

Journal of Nutrition

Volumn 137, Issue 6, 2007, Pages

  Pencharz, Paul B ^a,b,c   Hsu, Jean W C ^a,b   Ball, Ronald O ^a,b,c  

^a HOSPITAL FOR SICK CHILDREN RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

^c UNIVERSITY OF ALBERTA   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AROMATIC AMINO ACID; PHENYLALANINE; TYROSINE;

CONFERENCE PAPER; HUMAN; NITROGEN BALANCE; OXIDATION; PROTEIN INTAKE; PROTEIN SYNTHESIS;

EID: 34249826644     PISSN: 00223166     EISSN: 15416100     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/jn/137.6.1576s     Document Type: Conference Paper

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