Modern methods in protein nutrition and metabolism

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Modern methods in protein nutrition and metabolism

edited by Steven Nissen

Academic Press, c1992

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Based on papers presented at a series of Modern Views in Nutrition Seminars at Iowa State University held in 1989

Includes bibliographical references and index

Description and Table of Contents

Description

This work offers coverage of modern methods in protein nutrition and metabolism. Among the topics addressed are in vivo and in vitro methods for measuring protein synthesis and proteolysis, methods for estimating amino acid requirements in animals and humans and digestion techniques.

Table of Contents

  • Amino acid analysis in food and in physiological samples, S. Nissen
  • nitrogen balance - concepts and techniques, M.W. Manatt and P.A. Garcia
  • determination of the amino acid requirements of animals, A.J. Lewis
  • novel methods for determining protein and amino acid digestibilities, W.C. Sauer and K. DeLange
  • measurement of protein digestion in ruminants, P.H. Robinson, et al
  • evaluation of protein status in humans, D.K. Rassin and J. Bhatia
  • surgical models to measure organ amino acid metabolism in vivo, P.E. Williams, et al
  • measurement of whole-body protein content in vivo, K. Ellis
  • estimation of protein synthesis and proteolysis in vitro, M.E. Tischler
  • isotopic estimation of protein synthesis and proteolysis in vivo, P.J. Reeds
  • N-glycine as a tracer to study protein metabolism in vivo, S.A. Assimon and P.T. Stein
  • mathematical models of protein metabolism, C.C. Calvert and R.L. Baldwin.

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