Amino acids: chemistry and metabolism in normal and hypercatabolic states.
Amino acids are the "alphabet" of protein structure, determining many of the properties of proteins. Amino acids are rapidly absorbed and readily available in the blood. In the cell, amino acids maintain protein stores and counteract hormone-mediated catabolic stimuli. Thus, amino acid supplementation may be effective in counteracting the metabolic and morphologic consequences of the hypercatabolic state of chronic diseases such as heart failure, diabetes mellitus, or liver cirrhosis.
Pasini
Evasio
E
Service of Metabolic and Nutritional Pathophysiology, Salvatore Maugeri Foundation, IRCCS, Medical Center of Montescano, Pavia, Italy.
Aquilani
Roberto
R
Dioguardi
Francesco S
FS
D000596:Amino Acids / Q000737:chemistry / Q000378:metabolism*; D002100:Cachexia / Q000178:diet therapy* / Q000378:metabolism; D003920:Diabetes Mellitus / Q000178:diet therapy / Q000378:metabolism; D004044:Dietary Proteins; D019587:Dietary Supplements; D006333:Heart Failure / Q000178:diet therapy / Q000378:metabolism; D006801:Humans; D008103:Liver Cirrhosis / Q000178:diet therapy / Q000378:metabolism
D000596:Amino Acids; D004044:Dietary Proteins