ABSTRACT

The first edition of this innovative book brought a new perspective to the metabolic and therapeutic aspects of amino acids in clinical nutrition. Since its publication, a number of very important advances have been made in the field and interesting new findings have emerged. Until now, no reference has fully explored the promising new developments

chapter |12 pages

Introduction

chapter |2 pages

Physiology and Physiopathology

chapter |2 pages

Part II: Physiology

chapter |2 pages

section A: Metabolism

chapter 5|14 pages

Amino acid metabolism and gluconeogenesis

chapter 6|14 pages

Contribution of amino acids to ketogenesis

chapter 7|12 pages

Ureagenesis and ammoniagenesis: an update

chapter 9|18 pages

The glutamate crossway

chapter 10|16 pages

Arginine metabolism in mammals

chapter 11|14 pages

Glutamine metabolism

chapter 4|30 pages

teen. Nitric oxide

chapter 19|16 pages

Amino acids and immune function

chapter 20|16 pages

Amino acid-mediated insulin secretion

chapter 22|20 pages

Diabetes mellitus

chapter 23|14 pages

Acidosis and amino acid metabolism

chapter 25|14 pages

Gastrointestinal disease

chapter 26|16 pages

Amino acids and ammonia in liver disease

chapter |2 pages

Requirements and Supply

chapter |2 pages

Part IV: Amino acid requirements

chapter 28|12 pages

Neonatal requirements for amino acids

chapter 29|14 pages

Amino acid requirements in the elderly

chapter 30|18 pages

Amino acid requirements in sport

chapter |2 pages

Part V: Amino acid supply in diseases

chapter 35|18 pages

The use of arginine in clinical practice

chapter 37|14 pages

Ornithinea-ketoglutarate

chapter 40|16 pages

Amino acid requirement in cancer

chapter 41|12 pages

Amino acid solutions for acute renal failure

chapter |2 pages

section C: Nutraceutics