Protein content and amino acid composition of commercially available plant-based protein isolates

Amino Acids

Volumn 50, Issue 12, 2018, Pages 1685-1695

  Gorissen, Stefan H M ^a   Crombag, Julie J R ^a   Senden, Joan M G ^a   Waterval, W A Huub ^b   Bierau, Jörgen ^b   Verdijk, Lex B ^a   van Loon, Luc J C ^a  

^a MAASTRICHT UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

^b MAASTRICHT UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Essential amino acid; Leucine; Muscle protein synthesis; Plant based protein; Protein blend

Indexed keywords

CALCIUM CASEINATE; CASEIN; ESSENTIAL AMINO ACID; LEUCINE; LYSINE; METHIONINE; MILK PROTEIN; MUSCLE PROTEIN; PEPTIDES AND PROTEINS; PLANT PROTEIN; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; AMINO ACID;

AMINO ACID ANALYSIS; AMINO ACID COMPOSITION; ARTICLE; BROWN RICE; CANNABIS SATIVA; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONTROLLED STUDY; EGG; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; LIQUID CHROMATOGRAPHY-MASS SPECTROMETRY; LUPIN; MAIZE; MICROALGA; MILK; OAT; PEA; POTATO; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN ANALYSIS; PROTEIN CONTENT; PROTEIN INTAKE; PROTEIN ISOLATION; PROTEIN SYNTHESIS; RICE; VEGETARIAN DIET; WHEAT; WHEY; ANALYSIS; CHEMISTRY; FUNCTIONAL FOOD; LIQUID CHROMATOGRAPHY; METABOLISM; SKELETAL MUSCLE; TANDEM MASS SPECTROMETRY;

AMINO ACIDS; AMINO ACIDS, ESSENTIAL; CHROMATOGRAPHY, LIQUID; FUNCTIONAL FOOD; HUMANS; MUSCLE PROTEINS; MUSCLE, SKELETAL; PLANT PROTEINS, DIETARY; PROTEIN BIOSYNTHESIS; TANDEM MASS SPECTROMETRY;

EID: 85053232443     PISSN: 09394451     EISSN: 14382199     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00726-018-2640-5     Document Type: Article

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