The effectiveness of leucine on muscle protein synthesis, lean body mass and leg lean mass accretion in older people: A systematic review and meta-Analysis

British Journal of Nutrition

Volumn 113, Issue 1, 2015, Pages 25-34

  Xu, Zhe Rong ^a   Tan, Zhong Ju ^a   Zhang, Qin ^a   Gui, Qi Feng ^a   Yang, Yun Mei ^b  

^a ZHEJIANG UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (China)

^b ZHEJIANG UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

Dietary supplements; Elderly; Essential amino acids; Sarcopenia

Indexed keywords

LEUCINE; MUSCLE PROTEIN;

ANTHROPOMETRIC PARAMETERS; CLINICAL EFFECTIVENESS; DIET SUPPLEMENTATION; ELDERLY CARE; GERIATRIC NUTRITION; HUMAN; LEAN BODY WEIGHT; LEG LEAN MASS; META ANALYSIS; METABOLIC RATE; MUSCLE ATROPHY; MUSCLE MASS; MUSCLE METABOLISM; PROTEIN SYNTHESIS; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL (TOPIC); REVIEW; THERAPY EFFECT; AGED; ANATOMY AND HISTOLOGY; BIOSYNTHESIS; BODY COMPOSITION; BODY MASS; DIETARY SUPPLEMENT; DRUG EFFECTS; FACTUAL DATABASE; LEG; METABOLISM; SKELETAL MUSCLE;

AGED; BODY COMPOSITION; BODY MASS INDEX; DATABASES, FACTUAL; DIETARY SUPPLEMENTS; HUMANS; LEG; LEUCINE; MUSCLE PROTEINS; MUSCLE, SKELETAL; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIALS AS TOPIC;

EID: 84927570837     PISSN: 00071145     EISSN: 14752662     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S0007114514002475     Document Type: Review

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