Adaptation to a long term (4 weeks) arginine- and precursor (glutamate, proline and aspartate)-free diet

Clinical Nutrition

Volumn 27, Issue 4, 2008, Pages 513-522

  Tharakan, John F ^a   Yu, Yong M ^b   Zurakowski, David ^c   Roth, Rachel M ^c   Young, Vernon R ^a,b   Castillo, Leticia ^d,e  

^a MASSACHUSETTS INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

^b Shriners Burn Hospital   (United States)

^c BOSTON CHILDREN S HOSPITAL   (United States)

^d CHILDREN S NUTRITION RESEARCH CENTER   (United States)

^e TEXAS CHILDREN S HOSPITAL   (United States)

Author keywords

Arginine; Metabolism; Oxidation; Stable isotopes; Synthesis

Indexed keywords

ARGININE; ASPARTIC ACID; CITRULLINE; GLUTAMIC ACID; LEUCINE; PROLINE; UREA;

ADULT; AMINO ACID BLOOD LEVEL; AMINO ACID TRANSPORT; ARTICLE; BLOOD SAMPLING; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIET RESTRICTION; EXPIRED AIR; FEMALE; HOMEOSTASIS; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; MALE; NORMAL HUMAN; OXIDATION; PROTEIN INTAKE; PROTEIN METABOLISM; PROTEIN SYNTHESIS;

ADULT; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ARGININE; ASPARTIC ACID; CARBON ISOTOPES; CITRULLINE; DIET; DIETARY PROTEINS; FEMALE; GLUTAMIC ACID; HOMEOSTASIS; HUMANS; INFUSIONS, INTRAVENOUS; ISOTOPE LABELING; KINETICS; LEUCINE; MALE; NITROGEN ISOTOPES; OXIDATION-REDUCTION; PROLINE; TIME FACTORS; UREA;

EID: 49949100052     PISSN: 02615614     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.clnu.2008.04.014     Document Type: Article

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