Dietary supplementation with a specific combination of high protein, leucine, and fish oil improves muscle function and daily activity in tumour-bearing cachectic mice

British Journal of Cancer

Volumn 100, Issue 5, 2009, Pages 713-722

  Van Norren, K ^a,d   Kegler, D ^a   Argiles J M ^b   Luiking, Y ^a   Gorselink, M ^a   Laviano, A ^c   Arts, K ^a,d   Faber, J ^a   Jansen, H ^a   Van Der Beek, E M ^a   Van Helvoort, A ^a  

^a WAGENINGEN UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BARCELONA   (Spain)

^c SAPIENZA UNIVERSITY OF ROME   (Italy)

^d NUMICO RESEARCH   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Cachexia; Fish oil; Leucine; Muscle; Nutrition; Wasting

Indexed keywords

FISH OIL; LEUCINE; PROTEIN;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BODY FAT; BODY MASS; CACHEXIA; CANCER CACHEXIA; CANCER CELL; CARCASS; COLON ADENOCARCINOMA; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIET SUPPLEMENTATION; FOOD INTAKE; INOCULATION; MALE; MONITORING; MOUSE; MUSCLE; MUSCLE ATROPHY; MUSCLE FUNCTION; NONHUMAN; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PHYSICAL ACTIVITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN DIET; TUMOR VOLUME; WEIGHT REDUCTION;

ADENOCARCINOMA; ANIMALS; BODY WEIGHT; CACHEXIA; COLONIC NEOPLASMS; DIETARY SUPPLEMENTS; DRUG COMBINATIONS; FISH OILS; FOOD, FORMULATED; LEUCINE; MALE; MICE; MICE, INBRED BALB C; MICE, INBRED DBA; MOTOR ACTIVITY; MUSCLE, SKELETAL; PROTEINS;

EID: 61749097446     PISSN: 00070920     EISSN: 15321827     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/sj.bjc.6604905     Document Type: Article

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