Potential antiproteolytic effects of L-leucine: observations of <it>in vitro </it>and <it>in vivo </it>studies

<p>Abstract</p> <p>The purpose of present review is to describe the effect of leucine supplementation on skeletal muscle proteolysis suppression in both <it>in vivo </it>and <it>in vitro </it>studies. Most studies, using in vitro methodology, incubated skele...

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Main Authors: Lancha Antonio H, Nicastro Humberto, Zanchi Nelo E
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: BMC 2008-07-01
Series:Nutrition & Metabolism
Online Access:http://www.nutritionandmetabolism.com/content/5/1/20