Year-long changes in protein metabolism in elderly men and women supplemented with a nutrition cocktail of β-hydroxy-β-methylbutyrate (HMB), L-arginine, and L-lysine

Journal of Parenteral and Enteral Nutrition

Volumn 33, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 71-82

  Baier, Shawn ^a   Johannsen, Darcy ^a   Abumrad, Naji ^b   Rathmacher, John A ^a,c   Nissen, Steven ^a,c   Flakoll, Paul ^a  

^a IOWA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b VANDERBILT UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^c Metabolic Technologies Incorporated   (United States)

Author keywords

hydroxy methylbutyrate; Aging; FFM; L arginine; L lysine; Lean mass; Protein turnover

Indexed keywords

ALANINE; ARGININE; ASCORBIC ACID; BETA HYDROXY BETA METHYLBUTYRATE; BUTYRIC ACID DERIVATIVE; GLUTAMIC ACID; GLYCINE; GLYCINE N 15; JUVEN; LYSINE; NUTRACEUTICAL; RADIOPHARMACEUTICAL AGENT; SERINE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

AGE SPECIFIC CARE; AGED; AGING; AMINO ACID METABOLISM; ARTICLE; BODY COMPOSITION; BODY MASS; CLINICAL TRIAL; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONTROL GROUP; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIET SUPPLEMENTATION; DOUBLE BLIND PROCEDURE; DRUG EFFECT; DRUG TARGETING; DUAL ENERGY X RAY ABSORPTIOMETRY; FEMALE; FOOD INTAKE; GERIATRIC CARE; HUMAN; IMPEDANCE; ISOTOPE TRACING; LEAN BODY WEIGHT; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; METABOLIC DISORDER; MUSCLE ATROPHY; NUTRITION; NUTRITIONAL SUPPORT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN DEGRADATION; PROTEIN METABOLISM; PROTEIN SYNTHESIS; RANDOMIZATION; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; SINGLE DRUG DOSE; WHOLE BODY AUTORADIOGRAPHY;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; AGING; ARGININE; BODY COMPOSITION; DIETARY SUPPLEMENTS; DOUBLE-BLIND METHOD; DRUG THERAPY, COMBINATION; FEMALE; HUMANS; LYSINE; MALE; MUSCLE, SKELETAL; PATIENT COMPLIANCE; PROTEINS; QUESTIONNAIRES; VALERATES;

EID: 60349095217     PISSN: 01486071     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0148607108322403     Document Type: Article

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