Food and Nutrition Bulletin Volume 17, Number 3, 1996 (UNU Food and Nutrition Bulletin, 1996, 104 pages): Protein and amino acid requirements: Human amino acid requirements: A re-evaluation: Acknowledgements

Food and Nutrition Bulletin Volume 17, Number 3, 1996 (UNU Food and Nutrition Bulletin, 1996, 104 pages)

Protein and amino acid requirements

Human amino acid requirements: A re-evaluation

		(introductory text...)
		Abstract
		Introduction
		The problem
		New approaches and tentative new amino acid requirement values
		Recent 24-hour tracer studies of amino acid requirements
		Estimates of the lysine requirement in adults
		Nutritional quality of wheat protein in adults
		Worldwide applicability of estimates of indispensable amino acid requirements
		Conclusions and implications for nutrition policies and food programmes
		Acknowledgements
		References

The authors' studies were supported by NIH grants DK 15856, DK 42101, and RR 88, and by SHCC grant 15847.