Clinical trial of glutamate for the improvement of nutrition and health in the elderly

Annals of the New York Academy of Sciences

Volumn 1170, Issue , 2009, Pages 82-86

  Tomoe, Miki ^a,e   Inoue, Yuki ^a   Sanbe, Akiko ^a   Toyama, Kenji ^b   Yamamoto, Shigeru ^c   Komatsu, Tatsushi ^d  

^a Okanoki Hospital   (Japan)

^b Seinan Jo Gakuin University   (Japan)

^c OCHANOMIZU UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^d DOSHISHA WOMEN'S COLLEGE OF LIBERAL ARTS   (Japan)

^e NONE   (Japan)

Author keywords

Behavior; Diet; Elderly; Glutamate; Health; MSG; Supplementation

Indexed keywords

ALBUMIN; GLUTAMATE SODIUM; GLUTAMIC ACID; PLACEBO;

AGED; ALBUMIN BLOOD LEVEL; BLOOD SAMPLING; BODY WEIGHT; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONFERENCE PAPER; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEMENTIA; DIET SUPPLEMENTATION; DIETARY INTAKE; DOUBLE BLIND PROCEDURE; FEEDING BEHAVIOR; FEMALE; GERIATRIC PATIENT; HUMAN; MALE; MENTAL CONCENTRATION; METABOLIC RATE; NUTRITION; PHYSICAL ACTIVITY; SWALLOWING;

EID: 68649113570     PISSN: 00778923     EISSN: 17496632     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1749-6632.2009.03898.x     Document Type: Conference Paper

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