Beta-hydroxy-beta-methylbutyrate supplementation in health and disease: A systematic review of randomized trials

Amino Acids

Volumn 45, Issue 6, 2013, Pages 1273-1292

  Molfino, Alessio ^a   Gioia, Gianfranco ^a   Rossi Fanelli, Filippo ^a   Muscaritoli, Maurizio ^a  

^a SAPIENZA UNIVERSITY OF ROME   (Italy)

Author keywords

Beta hydroxy beta methylbutyrate; Cachexia; Muscle atrophy; Proteolytic pathways; Training

Indexed keywords

2 OXOISOCAPROIC ACID; AMINO ACID DERIVATIVE; ARGININE; ASCORBIC ACID; BETA HYDROXY BETA METHYLBUTYRATE; C REACTIVE PROTEIN; CARBOHYDRATE; COLLAGEN; CREATINE; GLUCOSE; GLYCINE; HYDROXYPROLINE; LEUCINE; LYSINE; PLACEBO; SUGAR; TAURINE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; BETA-HYDROXYISOVALERIC ACID; VALERIC ACID DERIVATIVE;

ACQUIRED IMMUNE DEFICIENCY SYNDROME; ACUTE DISEASE; AGING; ANTIINFLAMMATORY ACTIVITY; BARIATRIC SURGERY; CACHEXIA; CHRONIC DISEASE; CHRONIC OBSTRUCTIVE LUNG DISEASE; DIET SUPPLEMENTATION; DRUG EFFICACY; DRUG SAFETY; EXERCISE; HUMAN; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS INFECTION; MUSCLE ATROPHY; MUSCLE FUNCTION; MUSCLE INJURY; MUSCLE MASS; NEOPLASM; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN DEGRADATION; PROTEIN SYNTHESIS INHIBITION; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL (TOPIC); REVIEW; SYSTEMATIC REVIEW; TRAINING; DISEASES; HEALTH;

DIETARY SUPPLEMENTS; DISEASE; HEALTH; HUMANS; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIALS AS TOPIC; VALERATES;

EID: 84890446916     PISSN: 09394451     EISSN: 14382199     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00726-013-1592-z     Document Type: Review

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