Internal comparison between deuterium oxide (D2O) and L-[ring-13C6] phenylalanine for acute measurement of muscle protein synthesis in humans

Physiological Reports

Volumn 3, Issue 7, 2015, Pages

  Wilkinson, Daniel J ^a   Cegielski, Jessica ^a   Phillips, Bethan E ^a   Boereboom, Catherine ^a   Lund, Jonathan N ^a   Atherton, Philip J ^a   Smith, Kenneth ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NOTTINGHAM   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Deuterium oxide; Metabolism; Muscle protein synthesis; Stable isotope tracers

Indexed keywords

13C6 PHENYLALANINE; DEUTERIUM OXIDE; MUSCLE PROTEIN; PHENYLALANINE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ADULT; AMINO ACID BLOOD LEVEL; ARTICLE; BODY WATER; COMPARATIVE STUDY; DERIVATIZATION; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; ISOTOPE LABELING; MALE; MASS FRAGMENTOGRAPHY; MUSCLE BIOPSY; NORMAL HUMAN; PROTEIN ISOLATION; PROTEIN SYNTHESIS; PYROLYSIS;

EID: 85004158834     PISSN: None     EISSN: 2051817X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.14814/phy2.12433     Document Type: Article

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