An overview of the therapeutic effects of leucine supplementation on skeletal muscle under atrophic conditions

Amino Acids

Volumn 40, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 287-300

  Nicastro, Humberto ^a   Artioli, Guilherme Giannini ^a   Dos Santos Costa, André ^a   Solis, Marina Yazigi ^a   Da Luz, Claudia Ribeiro ^a   Blachier, François ^b   Lancha Jr , Antonio Herbert ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SÃO PAULO   (Brazil)

^b INRA Institut National de la Recherche Agronomique   (France)

Author keywords

Atrophy; Branched chain amino acids; Disuse; Leucine; Skeletal muscle

Indexed keywords

BRANCHED CHAIN AMINO ACID; ESSENTIAL AMINO ACID; LEUCINE; PLACEBO;

ABSENCE OF SIDE EFFECTS; CACHEXIA; CELL ACTIVITY; DOSE RESPONSE; DRUG BLOOD LEVEL; DRUG MECHANISM; DRUG MEGADOSE; DRUG TOLERANCE; FOOD INTAKE; GROWTH INHIBITION; HUMAN; IMMOBILIZATION; LOW DRUG DOSE; MUSCLE ATROPHY; MUSCLE FUNCTION; MUSCLE MASS; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; SIDE EFFECT; SKELETAL MUSCLE; SUPPLEMENTATION;

CLINICAL TRIALS AS TOPIC; DIETARY SUPPLEMENTS; HUMANS; LEUCINE; MUSCLE, SKELETAL; MUSCULAR ATROPHY; MUSCULAR DISEASES; NEOPLASMS;

EID: 78751575751     PISSN: 09394451     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00726-010-0636-x     Document Type: Review

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