Long-term leucine supplementation reduces fat mass gain without changing body protein status of aging rats

Nutrition

Volumn 28, Issue 2, 2012, Pages 182-189

  Vianna, Daiana ^a   Resende, Gabriela Fulin Teodoro ^a   Torres Leal, Francisco Leonardo ^a   Pantaleão, Lucas Carminatti ^a   Donato, Jose ^b   Tirapegui, Julio ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SÃO PAULO   (Brazil)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS SOUTHWESTERN MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Adiposity; Aging; Body composition; Branched chain amino acids; Lean mass

Indexed keywords

CHOLESTEROL; FAT; GLUCOSE; INSULIN; LEPTIN; LEUCINE; LIPID; LOW DENSITY LIPOPROTEIN CHOLESTEROL; MUSCLE PROTEIN; PROTEIN; TRIACYLGLYCEROL;

AGING; ANIMAL EUTHANASIA; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BODY FAT; BODY WEIGHT; CARCASS; CHRONIC DISEASE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIET SUPPLEMENTATION; FOOD COMPOSITION; FOOD INTAKE; GLUCOSE BLOOD LEVEL; LIPID BLOOD LEVEL; MALE; NONHUMAN; NUTRITIONAL STATUS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; WEIGHT GAIN;

ADIPOSE TISSUE; AGE FACTORS; AGING; ANIMALS; BLOOD GLUCOSE; BODY COMPOSITION; BODY FLUID COMPARTMENTS; BODY WEIGHT; CHRONIC DISEASE; DIETARY SUPPLEMENTS; LEUCINE; LIPIDS; MALE; NUTRITIONAL STATUS; OBESITY; PROTEINS; RATS; RATS, SPRAGUE-DAWLEY; RISK FACTORS;

ANIMALIA; RATTUS;

EID: 84855215932     PISSN: 08999007     EISSN: 18731244     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.nut.2011.04.004     Document Type: Article

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