Amino-acid-enriched cereals ready-to-use therapeutic foods (RUTF) are as effective as milk-based RUTF in recovering essential amino acid during the treatment of severe acute malnutrition in children: An individually randomized control trial in Malawi

PLoS ONE

Volumn 13, Issue 8, 2018, Pages

  Sato, Wataru ^a   Furuta, Chie ^a   Matsunaga, Keiko ^a   Bahwere, Paluku ^b,c   Collins, Steve ^b,d   Sadler, Kate ^b   Akomo, Peter ^d   Banda, Chrissy ^b,d   Maganga, Elizabeth ^e   Kathumba, Sylvester ^e   Murakami, Hitoshi ^a  

^a AJINOMOTO CO INC   (Japan)

^b VALID INTERNATIONAL   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITÉ LIBRE DE BRUXELLES   (Belgium)

^d Valid Nutrition   (Ireland)

^e MINISTRY OF HEALTH   (Malawi)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BRANCHED CHAIN AMINO ACID; CYSTINE; ESSENTIAL AMINO ACID; HISTIDINE; ISOLEUCINE; LEUCINE; LYSINE; METHIONINE; PHENYLALANINE; THREONINE; TRYPTOPHAN; VALINE;

AMINO ACID ANALYSIS; AMINO ACID BLOOD LEVEL; AMINO ACID METABOLISM; ARTICLE; CEREAL; CHILD; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIETARY INTAKE; FEMALE; HUMAN; INFANT; MALAWI; MALE; MALNUTRITION; MILK; NUTRITIONAL SUPPORT; PROTEIN SYNTHESIS; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; ANIMAL; BLOOD; CHEMISTRY; DIET THERAPY; FOOD GRAIN; FORTIFIED FOOD; PRESCHOOL CHILD;

AMINO ACIDS, ESSENTIAL; ANIMALS; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; EDIBLE GRAIN; FEMALE; FOOD, FORTIFIED; HUMANS; INFANT; MALAWI; MALE; MILK; SEVERE ACUTE MALNUTRITION;

EID: 85051805505     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19326203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0201686     Document Type: Article

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