Branched-chain amino acids : biochemistry, physiopathology, and clinical science /

Bibliographic Details
Other Authors: Schauder, Peter
Format: Book
Language:English
Published: New York : Raven Press, [1992]
Series:Bracco R & D monograph-series.
Subjects:
Table of Contents:
  • Role of branched-chain amino acids in protein metabolism
  • Regulation by amino acids of glucose utilization in humans
  • Branched-chain amino acids and central nervous system neurotransmitter synthesis
  • Branched-chain amino acids and neurotransmission in intense effort
  • Lymphoid tissue metabolism and branched-chain amino acids
  • Leucine as a tracer for studying protein metabolism in humans
  • Amino acid and protein metabolism during exercise and muscle contractile activity
  • Metabolic basis for increased oxidation of branched-chain amino acids in starvation
  • Branched-chain amino acids and nutritional requirements in health and disease, including the branched-chain keto acids
  • Branched-chain amino acids and ventilatory control
  • Branched-chain amino acids in the treatment of patients with hepatic encephalopathy
  • Branched-chain amino acids and glutamatergic transmission in amyotrophic lateral sclerosis
  • Nutritional effects of branched-chain amino acid therapy in chronic liver disease
  • Branched-chain amino acids and branched-chain keto acids in uremia.
  • (cont) Branched-chain amino acids and cancer cachexia
  • Branched-chain amino acids and postoperative metabolism
  • Role of branched-chain amino acids in the treatment of sepsis
  • Leucine and glutamine as precursors for protein, RNA, and DNA synthesis and as modulators for interleukin-2 production in human lymphocytes
  • Relationship between amino acid pattern and pancreatic hormone profile in fulminant hepatic failure in humans
  • Amino acid levels in tumor cells (Yoshida AH-130) and in host tissues
  • Effect of branched-chain amino acid diet on rat muscle biochemical parameters during cold exposure
  • Physiologic levels of branched-chain amino acids and their keto analogues in healthy humans
  • Is there any prognostic reliability of plasma amino acids in healthy children?
  • Insulin and branched-chain amino acid levels in plasma, red cells, and gastrocnemius muscle of rats fed diets lacking methionine plus cysteine or methionine plus cysteine plus half of energy.
  • (cont) Effect of branched-chain amino acids and L-carnitine administration on maximal physical exercise during conditions of reduced muscle glycogen
  • Branched-chain amino acid supplementation decreases peak plasma ammonia after prolonged exercise in well-trained athletes
  • Amino acid changes after a marathon race
  • Effects of branched-chain amino acid administration on the hormonal response to exercise in long-distance runners
  • Effects of branched-chain amino acid supplementation in a group of football players
  • Utility of branched-chain amino acid dietary supplementation during recovery of muscle function after post-surgical knee immobilization
  • Prolactin and growth hormone levels in cirrhotic patients with encephalopathy on oral branched-chain amino acid supplements
  • Estradiol levels in cirrhotic patients during long-term oral branched-chain amino acid supplementation.
  • (cont) Oral branched-chain amino acids improve latent portosystemic encephalopathy in outpatients
  • Effects of amino acid infusion on O₂ extraction in sepsis
  • Plasma branched-chain amino acids in chronic renal failure patients.