Sulphur Amino Acid Requirement and Metabolism in the Total Parenteral Nutrition (TPN) Fed Human Neonate

Except for tyrosine, the amino acid requirement of parenterally fed (PN) human neonates has not been derived. Methionine and cysteine are indispensable and dispensable sulphur amino acids respectively. Cysteine is synthesized from methionine. Cysteine is unstable in solution, and is left out or adde...

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Main Author: Courtney-Martin, Glenda
Other Authors: Pencharz, Paul B.
Language:en_ca
Published: 2009
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Online Access:http://hdl.handle.net/1807/17747