Addition of carbohydrate or alanine to an essential amino acid mixture does not enhance human skeletal muscle protein anabolism1-3

Journal of Nutrition

Volumn 143, Issue 3, 2013, Pages 307-314

  Glynn, Erin L ^a   Fry, Christopher S ^a   Timmerman, Kyle L ^a   Drummond, Micah J ^a   Volpi, Elena ^a,b   Rasmussen, Blake B ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS MEDICAL BRANCH   (United States)

^b University of Texas Medical Branch School of Medicine   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALANINE; CARBOHYDRATE; ESSENTIAL AMINO ACID; GLUCOSE; INSULIN; MUSCLE PROTEIN; PHENYLALANINE;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENZYME PHOSPHORYLATION; FEMALE; GLUCONEOGENESIS; GLUCOSE BLOOD LEVEL; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; INSULIN BLOOD LEVEL; MALE; PROTEIN METABOLISM; PROTEIN SYNTHESIS; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION;

ADULT; ALANINE; AMINO ACIDS, ESSENTIAL; AREA UNDER CURVE; BIOPSY; DIET; DIETARY SUCROSE; FEMALE; HUMANS; INSULIN; MALE; MUSCLE PROTEINS; MUSCLE, SKELETAL; PROTEIN BIOSYNTHESIS; SUCROSE;

EID: 84874670490     PISSN: 00223166     EISSN: 15416100     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3945/jn.112.168203     Document Type: Article

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