Amino acids: Metabolism, functions, and nutrition

Amino Acids

Volumn 37, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 1-17

  Wu, Guoyao ^a  

^a TEXAS A AND M UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Amino acids; Health; Metabolism; Nutrition

Indexed keywords

ALANINE; AMINO ACID; AMMONIA; ARGININE; ASPARTIC ACID; CYSTEINE; GLUTAMIC ACID; GLUTAMINE; GLUTATHIONE; LEUCINE; MAMMALIAN TARGET OF RAPAMYCIN; NITRIC OXIDE; POLYAMINE; PROLINE; SEROTONIN; TAURINE; THYROID HORMONE; TRYPTOPHAN;

AMINO ACID METABOLISM; ATHLETE; ATROPHY; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASE; CATABOLISM; DIET; DIET SUPPLEMENTATION; DRUG EFFICACY; DRUG SAFETY; GENE EXPRESSION; HOMEOSTASIS; HORMONE RELEASE; HORMONE SYNTHESIS; HUMAN; IMMUNITY; INSULIN DEPENDENT DIABETES MELLITUS; LIFE CYCLE; LIPID STORAGE; METABOLIC SYNDROME X; MILK PRODUCTION; MUSCLE GROWTH; NEUROLOGIC DISEASE; NON INSULIN DEPENDENT DIABETES MELLITUS; NONHUMAN; NUTRITION; OBESITY; OXIDATIVE STRESS; PERFORMANCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN PHOSPHORYLATION; REPRODUCTION; REVIEW; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION;

AMINO ACIDS; ANIMALS; DIABETES MELLITUS; DIETARY SUPPLEMENTS; GENE EXPRESSION; HOMEOSTASIS; HUMANS; IMMUNITY; METABOLIC NETWORKS AND PATHWAYS; METABOLIC SYNDROME X; NUTRITIONAL REQUIREMENTS; OBESITY; REPRODUCTION;

EID: 63649111659     PISSN: 09394451     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00726-009-0269-0     Document Type: Review

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