Indian women of childbearing age do not metabolically conserve arginine as do American and Jamaican women

Journal of Nutrition

Volumn 145, Issue 5, 2015, Pages 884-892

  Kao, Christina C ^a   Hsu, Jean W ^a   Dwarkanath, Pratibha ^b   Karnes, Jeffrey M ^a   Baker, Tameka M ^c   Bohren, Kurt M ^a   Badaloo, Asha ^c   Thame, Minerva M ^c   Kurpad, Anura V ^b   Jahoor, Farook ^a  

^a BAYLOR COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b ST JOHN'S NATIONAL ACADEMY OF HEALTH SCIENCES   (India)

^c UNIVERSITY OF THE WEST INDIES   (Jamaica)

Author keywords

American; Arginase; Arginine; Indian women; Jamaican

Indexed keywords

ARGININE; CARBOHYDRATE; CITRULLINE; DEUTERIUM OXIDE; FAT; ORNITHINE; PHENYLALANINE; PROTEIN; CARBON; DEUTERIUM; GUANIDINOARGININE; NITROGEN;

ADULT; AMERICAN; AMINO ACID METABOLISM; ARTICLE; BIOAVAILABILITY; CALORIC INTAKE; CARBOHYDRATE INTAKE; CHEMICAL STRUCTURE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIET RESTRICTION; DIETARY INTAKE; ETHNIC DIFFERENCE; FAT INTAKE; FEMALE; HUMAN; INDIAN; JAMAICAN; POSTPRANDIAL STATE; PREGNANT WOMAN; PROTEIN INTAKE; ANALOGS AND DERIVATIVES; BIOLOGICAL MODEL; BIOSYNTHESIS; BODY COMPOSITION; CLINICAL TRIAL; COMPARATIVE STUDY; ENERGY METABOLISM; ETHNOLOGY; INDIA; INDICATOR DILUTION CURVE; JAMAICA; MEAL; METABOLISM; MULTICENTER STUDY; NUTRITIONAL REQUIREMENT; UNITED STATES;

ADULT; ARGININE; BODY COMPOSITION; CARBON ISOTOPES; CITRULLINE; DEUTERIUM; ENERGY METABOLISM; FEMALE; HUMANS; INDIA; INDICATOR DILUTION TECHNIQUES; JAMAICA; MEALS; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; NITROGEN ISOTOPES; NUTRITIONAL REQUIREMENTS; ORNITHINE; PHENYLALANINE; TEXAS;

EID: 84929485940     PISSN: 00223166     EISSN: 15416100     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3945/jn.114.208231     Document Type: Article

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