Amino acid requirements in children and the elderly population

British Journal of Nutrition

Volumn 108, Issue SUPPL. 2, 2012, Pages

  Pillai, Raja R ^a   Kurpad, Anura V ^a  

^a ST JOHN'S NATIONAL ACADEMY OF HEALTH SCIENCES   (India)

Author keywords

Amino acid requirement; children; elderly; isotopes

Indexed keywords

AMINO ACID; CARBON 13; HISTIDINE; ISOLEUCINE; ISOTOPE; LEUCINE; LYSINE; METHIONINE; MILK PROTEIN; NITROGEN; PHENYLALANINE; THREONINE; TRYPTOPHAN; VALINE;

AMINO ACID METABOLISM; ARTICLE; BREAST MILK; CATCH UP GROWTH; CHILD GROWTH; CHILD NUTRITION; ELDERLY CARE; HUMAN; INFANT NUTRITION; ISOTOPE LABELING; NITROGEN BALANCE; NUTRIENT CONTENT; NUTRIENT SUPPLY; NUTRITIONAL ASSESSMENT; NUTRITIONAL REQUIREMENT; NUTRITIONAL STATUS; NUTRITIONAL VALUE; PROTEIN INTAKE; PROTEIN SYNTHESIS;

ADULT; AGE FACTORS; AGED; AMINO ACIDS; AMINO ACIDS, ESSENTIAL; CHILD; DEVELOPING COUNTRIES; DIET; DIETARY PROTEINS; GROWTH; HUMANS; INFANT; MILK, HUMAN; NITROGEN; NUTRITIONAL REQUIREMENTS; OXIDATION-REDUCTION; RESEARCH REPORT;

EID: 84868158408     PISSN: 00071145     EISSN: 14752662     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S0007114512002401     Document Type: Article

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