daily valine requirement of healthy adult Indians determined by the 24-h indicator amino acid balance approach

BACKGROUND: The 1985 FAO/WHO/UNU requirement for valine was set at 10 mg · kg⁻¹ · d⁻¹ on the basis of nitrogen balance studies carried out in Western subjects. It is likely that the requirement is higher, however, because the requirement of another branched-chain amino acid, leucine, was found to be...

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