A high proportion of leucine is required for optimal stimulation of the rate of muscle protein synthesis by essential amino acids in the elderly - Katsanos, Christos S; Kobayashi, Hisamine; Sheffield-Moore, Melinda; Aarsland, Asle; Wolfe, Robert R (American journal of physiology: endocrinology and metabolism, 2006)
Keywords: Administration, Oral; Adult; Aged; Aging - drug effects; Aging - metabolism; Amino Acids, Essential - administration & dosage; Diet; Dietary Supplements; Female; Humans; Kinetics; Leucine - administration & dosage; Male; Muscle Proteins - biosynthesis; Muscle, Skeletal - drug effects; Muscle, Skeletal - metabolism; Protein Biosynthesis - drug effects; Protein Biosynthesis - physiology