Branched-chain amino acids as pharmacolo
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Takumi Kawaguchi; Namiki Izumi; Michael R. Charlton; Michio Sata
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Article
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2011
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John Wiley and Sons
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English
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Branched-chain amino acids (BCAAs) are a group of essential amino acids comprising valine, leucine, and isoleucine. A low ratio of plasma BCAAs to aromatic amino acids is a physiological hallmark of liver cirrhosis, and BCAA supplementation was originally devised with the intention of normalizing am