Oral citrulline does not affect whole body protein metabolism in healthy human volunteers: Results of a prospective, randomized, double-blind, cross-over study

Clinical Nutrition

Volumn 30, Issue 6, 2011, Pages 807-811

  Thibault, Ronan ^a,b   Flet, Laurent ^c   Vavasseur, Fabienne ^a   Lemerle, Marie ^b   Ferchaud Roucher, Véronique ^d   Picot, Denis ^e   Darmaun, Dominique ^a,b  

^a NANTES UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (France)

^b Universite de Nantes   (France)

^c HÔTEL DIEU   (France)

^d CRNH AUVERGNE   (France)

^e Clinique Saint Yves   (France)

Author keywords

Citrulline; Healthy humans; Insulin; Intestinal insufficiency; Protein metabolism

Indexed keywords

ALBUMIN; ARGININE; CARBON DIOXIDE; CITRULLINE; INSULIN; LEUCINE; NITRATE; ORNITHINE; PLACEBO; PREALBUMIN; SOMATOMEDIN C;

ADULT; AMINO ACID BLOOD LEVEL; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CROSSOVER PROCEDURE; DIET SUPPLEMENTATION; DOUBLE BLIND PROCEDURE; DRUG MECHANISM; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; LIPID OXIDATION; MALE; METABOLIC REGULATION; NITROGEN BALANCE; NORMAL HUMAN; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; PROTEIN METABOLISM; PROTEIN SYNTHESIS; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; URINARY EXCRETION;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AMINO ACIDS; CITRULLINE; CROSS-OVER STUDIES; DIETARY SUPPLEMENTS; DOUBLE-BLIND METHOD; FEMALE; HUMANS; KINETICS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; PROTEINS;

EID: 82255175112     PISSN: 02615614     EISSN: 15321983     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.clnu.2011.06.005     Document Type: Article

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