Leucine for retention of lean mass on a hypocaloric diet

Journal of Medicinal Food

Volumn 11, Issue 4, 2008, Pages 606-609

  Jitomir, Jean ^a   Willoughby, Darryn S ^a  

^a BAYLOR UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Body weight; Branched chain amino acids; Muscle; Nutrition; Obesity; Overweight; Weight loss

Indexed keywords

AMINO ACID; CREATINE; GLUCOSE; GLUTATHIONE; LEUCINE; MAMMALIAN TARGET OF RAPAMYCIN; NITROGEN; PROTEIN;

BLOOD GLUCOSE MONITORING; BODY FAT; DIET SUPPLEMENTATION; EVIDENCE BASED PRACTICE; EXPERIMENTAL RAT; GLUCONEOGENESIS; GLUCOSE BLOOD LEVEL; GLUCOSE HOMEOSTASIS; GLUCOSE INTAKE; HOMEOSTASIS; HUMAN; INTRAABDOMINAL FAT; LEAN BODY WEIGHT; LOW CALORY DIET; MUSCLE CELL; NONHUMAN; OBESITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN DIET; PROTEIN RESTRICTION; PROTEIN SYNTHESIS; REVIEW; TRANSLATION INITIATION; TRANSLATION REGULATION; WEIGHT REDUCTION;

ADIPOSE TISSUE; ANABOLIC AGENTS; BLOOD GLUCOSE; DIET, REDUCING; DIETARY SUPPLEMENTS; HOMEOSTASIS; HUMANS; LEUCINE; MUSCLE, SKELETAL; OBESITY; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; WEIGHT LOSS;

MAMMALIA;

EID: 57349125316     PISSN: 1096620X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1089/jmf.2008.0058     Document Type: Review

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