A protein-leucine supplement increases branched-chain amino acid and nitrogen turnover but not performance

Medicine and Science in Sports and Exercise

Volumn 44, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 57-68

  Nelson, Andre R ^a   Phillips, Stuart M ^b   Stellingwerff, Trent ^c   Rezzi, Serge ^c   Bruce, Stephen J ^c   Breton, Isabelle ^c   Thorimbert, Anita ^c   Guy, Philippe A ^c   Clarke, Jim ^a   Broadbent, Suzanne ^d   Rowlands, David Stephen ^a  

^a MASSEY UNIVERSITY   (New Zealand)

^b MCMASTER UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^c NESTLÉ RESEARCH CENTER   (Switzerland)

^d SOUTHERN CROSS UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Endurance; Membrane damage; Metabolomics; Nitrogen balance; Stable isotope

Indexed keywords

2 AMINO 2 METHYLPROPIONIC ACID; 3 AMINO 2 METHYLPROPIONIC ACID; 3-AMINOISOBUTYRIC ACID; BRANCHED CHAIN AMINO ACID; CREATINE KINASE; LEUCINE; NITROGEN;

ADULT; ARTICLE; ATHLETIC PERFORMANCE; BLOOD; CARBOHYDRATE DIET; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; CROSSOVER PROCEDURE; DIET SUPPLEMENTATION; DOUBLE BLIND PROCEDURE; DRUG EFFECT; HUMAN; MALE; METABOLISM; MIDDLE AGED; MUSCLE STRENGTH; OXYGEN CONSUMPTION; PHYSIOLOGY; PROTEIN INTAKE; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; RUNNING; SKELETAL MUSCLE; URINE;

ADULT; AMINO ACIDS, BRANCHED-CHAIN; AMINOISOBUTYRIC ACIDS; ATHLETIC PERFORMANCE; CREATINE KINASE; CROSS-OVER STUDIES; DIETARY CARBOHYDRATES; DIETARY PROTEINS; DIETARY SUPPLEMENTS; DOUBLE-BLIND METHOD; HUMANS; LEUCINE; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MUSCLE STRENGTH; MUSCLE, SKELETAL; NITROGEN; OXYGEN CONSUMPTION; RUNNING;

EID: 84255187214     PISSN: 01959131     EISSN: 15300315     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1249/MSS.0b013e3182290371     Document Type: Article

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