Branched-chain amino acid oxidation in skeletal muscle -physiological and clinical importance of its modulation by reactant availability

Current Nutrition and Food Science

Volumn 7, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 50-56

  Holecek, Milan ^a  

^a CHARLES UNIVERSITY   (Czech Republic)

Author keywords

Branched chain amino acids; Cachexia; Glutamine; Leucine; Muscle; Nutrition

Indexed keywords

BRANCHED CHAIN AMINO ACID; GLUTAMINE;

AMINO ACID SYNTHESIS; ARTICLE; CACHEXIA; COMPENSATION; DECARBOXYLATION; HUMAN; MUSCLE ATROPHY; MUSCLE FUNCTION; OXIDATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN DEGRADATION; SKELETAL MUSCLE; TRANSAMINATION;

EID: 79953043615     PISSN: 15734013     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2174/157340111794941139     Document Type: Article

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