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American Journal of Clinical Nutrition, Vol 21, 1381-1383, Copyright © 1968 by The American Society for Clinical Nutrition, Inc.

Plasma Amino Acid Levels in Young Subjects Receiving Diets Containing 14 or 3.5 g Nitrogen per Day

MARIAN E. SWENDSEID PH.D.1, CHISAE YAMADA PH.D.1, ELIZABETH VINYARD M.S.1, and WILLIAM G. FIGUEROA M.D.1

1 From the School of Public Health and the Department of Medicine, University of California Center for Health Sciences, Los Angeles, California

Eleven college students received diets containing either 3.5 g N or 14 g N/day during alternate periods of study. After I week, postabsorptive plasma amino acid levels were measured. With the low protein, as compared to the high Protein diet, valine and agr-NH2-n-butyric acid were reduced in concentration whereas methionine, glutamine-asparagine, glycine, and alanine were elevated.






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