title: Adult human amino acid requirements.
abstract: This brief review is concerned with the status of our current understanding of the quantitative needs for dietary amino acids in healthy adults. The nutritional significance of the conditionally indispensable amino acids is assessed and the requirements for the indispensable amino acids are discussed. Recent research involving the use of the tracer balance approach is reviewed, and the importance of resolving the current uncertainties regarding adult human amino acid needs is highlighted.
authors.affiliation: Laboratory of Human Nutrition and Clinical Research Center, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge 02139, USA. vryoung@mit.edu
authors.forename: V R
authors.initials: VR
authors.lastname: Young
authors.forename: S
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Borgonha
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D000596:Amino Acids / Q000494:pharmacology*; D002247:Carbon Isotopes; D006801:Humans; D009751:Nutritional Requirements; D012016:Reference Values; D014944:World Health Organization
chemical_list: D000596:Amino Acids; D002247:Carbon Isotopes