Determination of the tolerable upper intake level of leucine in adult men

Journal of Nutrition

Volumn 142, Issue 12, 2012, Pages

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

^a HOSPITAL FOR SICK CHILDREN RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

^c UNIVERSITY OF ALBERTA   (Canada)

^d UNIVERSITY OF BRITISH COLUMBIA   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALANINE AMINOTRANSFERASE; AMMONIA; CARBON DIOXIDE; GLUCOSE; INSULIN; LEUCINE;

ADULT; ADVERSE OUTCOME; ALANINE AMINOTRANSFERASE BLOOD LEVEL; AMINO ACID METABOLISM; AMMONIA BLOOD LEVEL; ARTICLE; CARBON DIOXIDE BREATHING; DIET SUPPLEMENTATION; DIETARY INTAKE; GLUCOSE BLOOD LEVEL; HUMAN; INSULIN BLOOD LEVEL; MALE; NORMAL HUMAN; OXIDATION; PROTEIN INTAKE; RESTING METABOLIC RATE; URINALYSIS;

ADULT; ANIMALS; HUMANS; HYPERAMMONEMIA; LEUCINE; MALE; NUTRITIONAL REQUIREMENTS; OXIDATION-REDUCTION;

EID: 84872156166     PISSN: 00223166     EISSN: 15416100     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3945/jn.112.160259     Document Type: Article

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