Recent advances in determining protein and amino acid requirements in humans

British Journal of Nutrition

Volumn 108, Issue SUPPL. 2, 2012, Pages

  Elango, Rajavel ^a,b   Ball, Ronald O ^c,d   Pencharz, Paul B ^c,d,e  

^a BC CHILDREN S HOSPITAL   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BRITISH COLUMBIA   (Canada)

^c UNIVERSITY OF ALBERTA   (Canada)

^d UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

^e HOSPITAL FOR SICK CHILDREN RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Canada)

Author keywords

Amino acid requirements; Humans; Indicator amino acid oxidation; Protein requirements; Stable isotopes

Indexed keywords

AMINO ACID; PROTEIN;

AMINO ACID METABOLISM; ARTICLE; HUMAN; INDICATOR AMINO ACID OXIDATION; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; MINIMALLY INVASIVE PROCEDURE; NITROGEN BALANCE; NUTRITIONAL ASSESSMENT; NUTRITIONAL HEALTH; NUTRITIONAL REQUIREMENT; PROTEIN CONTENT;

ADULT; AMINO ACIDS; AMINO ACIDS, ESSENTIAL; CHILD; DIET; DIETARY PROTEINS; HUMANS; INDICATORS AND REAGENTS; INFANT, NEWBORN; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; NUTRITIONAL REQUIREMENTS; OXIDATION-REDUCTION;

EID: 84868088777     PISSN: 00071145     EISSN: 14752662     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S0007114512002504     Document Type: Article

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