Arginine flux and intravascular nitric oxide synthesis in severe childhood undernutrition | Zendy

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Arginine flux and intravascular nitric oxide synthesis in severe childhood undernutrition

Author(s) -

Farook Jahoor,

Asha Badaloo,

Salvador Villalpando,

Marvin Reid,

Terrence Forrester

Publication year - 2007

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/86.4.1024

Subject(s) - arginine , medicine , nitric oxide , glycine , nitrite , flux (metallurgy) , nitrate , amino acid , endocrinology , chemistry , biochemistry , organic chemistry

Although nutritionally dispensable amino acids are not essential in the diet, adequate synthesis is necessary for maintenance of good health. Whereas children with edematous severe childhood undernutrition (SCU) can maintain production rates of glycine and serine despite a slower body protein breakdown rate, it is unknown whether the same is true for the semidispensable amino acid arginine.

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