A Proposal for an Upper Limit of Leucine Safe Intake in Healthy Adults | Zendy

Luc Cynober | Zendy; Dennis M. Bier | Zendy; Motoni Kadowaki | Zendy; Sidney M. Morris | Zendy; A.G. Renwick | Zendy

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A Proposal for an Upper Limit of Leucine Safe Intake in Healthy Adults

Author(s) -

Luc Cynober,

Dennis M. Bier,

Motoni Kadowaki,

Sidney M. Morris,

A.G. Renwick

Publication year - 2012

Publication title -

journal of nutrition

Language(s) - English

Resource type - Journals

SCImago Journal Rank - 1.463

H-Index - 265

eISSN - 1541-6100

pISSN - 0022-3166

DOI - 10.3945/jn.112.160853

Subject(s) - leucine , limit (mathematics) , set (abstract data type) , gerontology , medicine , age limit , psychology , computer science , chemistry , demography , biochemistry , mathematics , amino acid , sociology , mathematical analysis , programming language

Based on recent research, an upper limit of safe intake (ULSI) for leucine is proposed for healthy adults: 0.53 g/(kg·d). Because leucine has been used as a dietary supplement for many years in people practicing exercise and sport, further study with long-term exposure to leucine in this specific subpopulation should be performed to eventually adjust the ULSI.

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