Leucine co-ingestion improves post-prandial muscle protein accretion in elderly men

Clinical Nutrition

Volumn 32, Issue 3, 2013, Pages 412-419

  Wall, Benjamin T ^a   Hamer, Henrike M ^a   de Lange, Anneke ^a   Kiskini, Alexandra ^a   Groen, Bart B L ^a   Senden, Joan M G ^a   Gijsen, Annemie P ^a   Verdijk, Lex B ^a   Van Loon, Luc J C ^a  

^a MAASTRICHT UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Aging; Amino acids; Anabolic resistance; Sarcopenia; Skeletal muscle

Indexed keywords

CARBON 13; CASEIN; LEUCINE; MUSCLE PROTEIN; PHENYLALANINE;

AGED; AMINO ACID BLOOD LEVEL; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIET SUPPLEMENTATION; GASTROINTESTINAL ABSORPTION; HUMAN; ISOTOPE LABELING; MALE; MUSCLE METABOLISM; MUSCLE PROTEIN ACCRETION; MUSCULOSKELETAL SYSTEM PARAMETERS; NORMAL HUMAN; POSTPRANDIAL STATE; PROTEIN BINDING; PROTEIN INTAKE; PROTEIN SYNTHESIS;

AGED; BLOOD GLUCOSE; CARBON ISOTOPES; CASEINS; DIET; DIETARY PROTEINS; HUMANS; INSULIN; LEUCINE; MALE; MUSCLE PROTEINS; MUSCLE, SKELETAL; PHENYLALANINE; POSTPRANDIAL PERIOD;

EID: 84877133779     PISSN: 02615614     EISSN: 15321983     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.clnu.2012.09.002     Document Type: Article

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