Branched-chain amino acids and muscle protein synthesis in humans: myth or reality?

The branched chain amino acids (BCAAs) are leucine, valine and isoleucine. A multi-million dollar industry of nutritional supplements has grown around the concept that dietary supplements of BCAAs alone produce an anabolic response in humans driven by a stimulation of muscle protein synthesis. In th...

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Published in:	Journal of the International Society of Sports Nutrition Vol. 14; no. 1; p. 30
Main Author:	Wolfe, Robert R.
Format:	Journal Article
Language:	English
Published:	London BioMed Central 22.08.2017 BioMed Central Ltd Taylor & Francis Group
Subjects:	Amino Acids, Branched-Chain - chemistry Anabolic Agents - chemistry anabolic response Branched chain amino acids Clinical Nutrition Diet Dietary Supplements Health aspects Humans industry intravenous injection isoleucine leucine Medicine Medicine & Public Health muscle protein Muscle Proteins - biosynthesis oxidation Protein Biosynthesis Protein synthesis Review Sports Medicine sports nutrition valine Leucine Valine Humans Isoleucine Anabolic response
ISSN:	1550-2783, 1550-2783
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