Comparison of leucine and dispensable amino acid kinetics between Indian women with low or normal body mass indexes during pregnancy

American Journal of Clinical Nutrition

Volumn 92, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 320-329

  Kurpad, Anura V ^a   Dwarkanath, Pratibha ^a   Thomas, Tinku ^a   Mhaskar, Arun ^a   Thomas, Annamma ^a   Mhaskar, Rita ^a   Jahoor, Farook ^b  

^a ST JOHN'S NATIONAL ACADEMY OF HEALTH SCIENCES   (India)

^b BAYLOR COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALANINE; AMINO ACID; CYSTEINE; GLUTAMINE; GLYCINE; LEUCINE; NITROGEN;

ADULT; ARTICLE; BODY MASS; FEMALE; FIRST TRIMESTER PREGNANCY; HUMAN; PREGNANCY; PROTEIN INTAKE; PROTEIN SYNTHESIS; SECOND TRIMESTER PREGNANCY; BODY COMPOSITION; BODY FLUID COMPARTMENT; BODY WEIGHT; CLINICAL TRIAL; COMPARATIVE STUDY; METABOLISM; OXIDATION REDUCTION REACTION; REFERENCE VALUE;

ADULT; AMINO ACIDS; BODY COMPOSITION; BODY FLUID COMPARTMENTS; BODY MASS INDEX; DIETARY PROTEINS; FEMALE; HUMANS; LEUCINE; OXIDATION-REDUCTION; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY TRIMESTER, FIRST; PREGNANCY TRIMESTER, SECOND; REFERENCE VALUES; THINNESS; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 77955505028     PISSN: 00029165     EISSN: 19383207     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3945/ajcn.2010.29205     Document Type: Article

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