Distinct effects of leucine or a mixture of the branched-chain amino acids (leucine, isoleucine, and valine) supplementation on resistance to fatigue, and muscle and liver-glycogen degradation, in trained rats

Nutrition

Volumn 29, Issue 11-12, 2013, Pages 1388-1394

  Campos Ferraz, Patricia L ^a,b   Bozza, Thomas ^a   Nicastro, Humberto ^a   Lancha, Antonio Herbert ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SÃO PAULO   (Brazil)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CAMPINAS   (Brazil)

Author keywords

BCAAS supplementation; Intense exercise; Leucine; Liver and muscle glycogen; Tricarboxylic acid cycle intermediates

Indexed keywords

ALANINE AMINOTRANSFERASE; ASPARTATE AMINOTRANSFERASE; BRANCHED CHAIN AMINO ACID AMINOTRANSFERASE; CITRATE SYNTHASE; CITRIC ACID; GLYCOGEN; ISOLEUCINE; LEUCINE; MALIC ACID; PLACEBO; VALINE;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CITRIC ACID CYCLE; COMBINATION CHEMOTHERAPY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE RESISTANCE; DRUG EFFECT; ENZYME ACTIVITY; EXHAUSTION; GASTROCNEMIUS MUSCLE; GLYCOGEN LIVER LEVEL; GLYCOGEN MUSCLE LEVEL; MALE; MONOTHERAPY; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN DEGRADATION; RAT; SUPPLEMENTATION; SWIMMING;

BCAAS SUPPLEMENTATION; INTENSE EXERCISE; LEUCINE; LIVER AND MUSCLE GLYCOGEN; TRICARBOXYLIC ACID CYCLE INTERMEDIATES;

ADMINISTRATION, ORAL; AMINO ACIDS, BRANCHED-CHAIN; ANIMALS; DIETARY SUPPLEMENTS; FATIGUE; LEUCINE; LIVER; LIVER GLYCOGEN; MALE; MUSCLE, SKELETAL; RATS; RATS, WISTAR; SWIMMING;

EID: 84884928903     PISSN: 08999007     EISSN: 18731244     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.nut.2013.05.003     Document Type: Article

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