Leucine: a nutrient 'trigger' for muscle anabolism, but what more?

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L Breen et al. J Physiol. 2012.

. 2012 May 1;590(9):2065-6.

doi: 10.1113/jphysiol.2012.230631.

¹ Department of Kinesiology, McMasterUniversity, Hamilton, Ontario, Canada. breenl@mcmaster.ca

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Contrarily to whey and high protein diets, dietary free leucine supplementation cannot reverse the lack of recovery of muscle mass after prolonged immobilization during ageing.
Magne H, Savary-Auzeloux I, Migné C, Peyron MA, Combaret L, Rémond D, Dardevet D. Magne H, et al. J Physiol. 2012 Apr 15;590(8):2035-49. doi: 10.1113/jphysiol.2011.226266. Epub 2012 Feb 20. J Physiol. 2012. PMID: 22351629 Free PMC article.

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