Open AccessThreonine requirement of young men determined by indicator amino acid oxidation with use of l-[1-13C]phenylalanine
Author(s) -
David C. Wilson,
Mahroukh Rafii,
Ronald O. Ball,
Paul B. Pencharz
Publication year - 2000
Publication title -
american journal of clinical nutrition
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 2.608
H-Index - 336
eISSN - 1938-3207
pISSN - 0002-9165
DOI - 10.1093/ajcn/71.3.757
Subject(s) - threonine , amino acid , phenylalanine , chemistry , population , biochemistry , tryptophan , medicine , serine , enzyme , environmental health
Threonine is an indispensable amino acid with a complex degradative pathway. Use of the indicator amino acid oxidation technique should provide an estimate of the threonine requirement that is not affected by its metabolic pathway.
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