New Therapeutic Strategy for Amino Acid Medicine: Notable Functions of Branched Chain Amino Acids as Biological Regulators
The branched chain amino acids (BCAAs) leucine, isoleucine, and valine are the most abundant of the essential amino acids. BCAAs have recently been recognized as having functions other than simple nutrition. The importance of BCAAs as nutrient regulators in protein synthesis was recognized over 20 y...
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Format: | Article |
Language: | English |
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Elsevier
2012-01-01
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Series: | Journal of Pharmacological Sciences |
Online Access: | http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S1347861319305730 |