The anabolic response to a meal containing different amounts of protein is not limited by the maximal stimulation of protein synthesis in healthy young adults

American Journal of Physiology - Endocrinology and Metabolism

Volumn 310, Issue 1, 2015, Pages E73-E80

  Kim, I Young ^a   Schutzler, Scott ^a   Schrader, Amy ^b   Spencer, Horace J ^b   Azhar, Gohar ^a   Ferrando, Arny A ^a   Wolfe, Robert R ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ARKANSAS FOR MEDICAL SCIENCES   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ARKANSAS FOR MEDICAL SCIENCES   (United States)

Author keywords

Essential amino acids; Optimal protein intake; Protein turnover; Stable isotope tracers

Indexed keywords

ESSENTIAL AMINO ACID; GLUCOSE; INSULIN; PHENYLALANINE; MUSCLE PROTEIN; PROTEIN INTAKE;

ADULT; AMINO ACID BLOOD LEVEL; ARTICLE; BLOOD BIOCHEMISTRY; CONTINUOUS INFUSION; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; GLUCOSE BLOOD LEVEL; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; HYDROXYLATION; INSULIN BLOOD LEVEL; LEAN BODY WEIGHT; MALE; MUSCLE LEVEL; NORMAL HUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN CONTENT; PROTEIN DEGRADATION; PROTEIN INTAKE; PROTEIN METABOLISM; PROTEIN SYNTHESIS; RESISTANCE TRAINING; STIMULATION; YOUNG ADULT; ADOLESCENT; BODY COMPOSITION; CLINICAL TRIAL; DRUG EFFECTS; EXERCISE; MEAL; METABOLISM; PHARMACOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGY; RANDOMIZATION; SKELETAL MUSCLE;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; BODY COMPOSITION; DIETARY PROTEINS; EXERCISE; FEMALE; HEALTHY VOLUNTEERS; HUMANS; MALE; MEALS; METABOLISM; MUSCLE PROTEINS; MUSCLE, SKELETAL; PROTEIN BIOSYNTHESIS; RANDOM ALLOCATION; RESISTANCE TRAINING; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84949551114     PISSN: 01931849     EISSN: 15221555     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1152/ajpendo.00365.2015     Document Type: Article

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