A proposal for an upper limit of leucine safe intake in healthy adults

Journal of Nutrition

Volumn 142, Issue 12, 2012, Pages

  Cynober, Luc ^a,b   Bier, Dennis M ^a,c   Kadowaki, Motoni ^a,d   Morris, Sidney M ^a,e   Renwick, Andrew G ^a,f  

^a ASSISTANCE PUBLIQUE HÔPITAUX DE PARIS   (France)

^b UNIVERSITÉ PARIS DESCARTES   (France)

^c BAYLOR COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^d NIIGATA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^e UNIVERSITY OF PITTSBURGH SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^f UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHAMPTON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

LEUCINE;

ARTICLE; DIET SUPPLEMENTATION; DIETARY INTAKE; EXERCISE; HUMAN; LONG TERM EXPOSURE; NONHUMAN; SPORT; UPPER LIMIT OF SAFE INTAKE;

EID: 84872158542     PISSN: 00223166     EISSN: 15416100     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3945/jn.112.160853     Document Type: Article

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