Protein and Amino Acid Requirements of Mammals

Contributors

Foreword

Some Species and Age Differences in Amino Acid Requirements

I. Introduction

II. An Experimental Study

III. Keratin Synthesis in Protein Nutrition

IV. Composition of Tissue Proteins and Amino Acid Requirements for Growth

V. Amino Acid Requirements for Nitrogen Equilibrium in the Adult

VI. A Theory of Protein Metabolism

VII. A Schematic Representation of Protein Metabolism

VIII. Summary

References

Methods of Measuring the Nutritive Value of Protein Hydrolysates and Amino Acid Mixtures. The Rat Repletion Method

I. Introduction

II. Protein Evaluation Methods—The Older Methods

III. Assay Methods Based on Protein Regeneration

IV. Methods of Chemical Scoring

V. Specificity of Amino Acid Requirements

VI. Racemic Amino Acid Mixtures

VII. Summary

References

The Laboratory Evaluation of Amino Acid Mixtures and Protein Hydrolysates

I. Introduction

II. Experimental

III. Discussion

References

Dietary Proteins and Synthesis of Tissue Proteins

I. Introduction

II. The Effect of Dietary Proteins on the Synthesis of Plasma Proteins

III. The Effect of Dietary Proteins on Repletion of Liver Proteins

IV. The Role of Dietary Proteins in the Hypertrophy of Gonads

V. Discussion

References

The Protein and Amino Acid Requirements of Man

I. Species Differences in Protein Needs

II. Qualitative Amino Acid Requirements of Various Species

III. Quantitative Amino Acid Requirements of Rat and Man

IV. Growth and Protein and Amino Acid Needs

V. Effect of Nutritional State on N-Requirements

VI. Metabolic Interactions of Essential and Nonessential Amino Acids

VII. Influence of Calories on N-Equilibrium and Amino Acid Requirements

VIII. Influence of Vitamins on N-Metabolism

IX. Relation of Hormones, Proteins and Amino Acids

X. Summary

References

Index