Food proteins from animals and plants: Differences in the nutritional and functional properties

L Day, JA Cakebread, SM Loveday - Trends in Food Science & Technology, 2022 - Elsevier
Background Animals and plants are the main sources of dietary proteins, and there are
important differences in the type of protein that they supply. The differences include …

Branched-chain amino acids in health and disease: metabolism, alterations in blood plasma, and as supplements

M Holeček - Nutrition & metabolism, 2018 - Springer
Branched-chain amino acids (BCAAs; valine, leucine, and isoleucine) are essential amino
acids with protein anabolic properties, which have been studied in a number of muscle …

Branched chain amino acids, aging and age-related health

DG Le Couteur, SM Solon-Biet, VC Cogger… - Ageing research …, 2020 - Elsevier
Branched chain amino acids (BCAA: leucine, valine, isoleucine) have key physiological
roles in the regulation of protein synthesis, metabolism, food intake and aging. Many studies …

Targeting BCAA catabolism to treat obesity-associated insulin resistance

M Zhou, J Shao, CY Wu, L Shu, W Dong, Y Liu… - Diabetes, 2019 - Am Diabetes Assoc
Recent studies implicate a strong association between elevated plasma branched-chain
amino acids (BCAAs) and insulin resistance (IR). However, a causal relationship and …

The many faces of kefir fermented dairy products: Quality characteristics, flavour chemistry, nutritional value, health benefits, and safety

MA Farag, SA Jomaa, A Abd El-Wahed, H R. El-Seedi - Nutrients, 2020 - mdpi.com
Kefir is a dairy product that can be prepared from different milk types, such as goat, buffalo,
sheep, camel, or cow via microbial fermentation (inoculating milk with kefir grains). As such …

Role of branched-chain amino acid metabolism in type 2 diabetes, obesity, cardiovascular disease and non-alcoholic fatty liver disease

P Cuomo, R Capparelli, A Iannelli… - International journal of …, 2022 - mdpi.com
Branched-chain amino acids (BCAAs) include leucine, isoleucine, and valine. Mammalians
cannot synthesize these amino acids de novo and must acquire them through their diet …

Recent progress on branched-chain amino acids in obesity, diabetes, and beyond

MAB Siddik, AC Shin - Endocrinology and Metabolism, 2019 - synapse.koreamed.org
Branched-chain amino acids (BCAAs) are essential amino acids that are not synthesized in
our body; thus, they need to be obtained from food. They have shown to provide many …

The emerging role of branched-chain amino acids in liver diseases

EKK Lo, Felicianna, JH Xu, Q Zhan, Z Zeng… - Biomedicines, 2022 - mdpi.com
Chronic liver diseases pose a substantial health burden worldwide, with approximately two
million deaths each year. Branched-chain amino acids (BCAAs)—valine, leucine, and …

[HTML][HTML] Kefir: A protective dietary supplementation against viral infection

RS Hamida, A Shami, MA Ali, ZN Almohawes… - Biomedicine & …, 2021 - Elsevier
Abstract Coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) is an infectious disease caused by a
recently discovered coronavirus termed 'severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus …

BCAA metabolism and insulin sensitivity–Dysregulated by metabolic status?

NP Gannon, JK Schnuck… - Molecular nutrition & food …, 2018 - Wiley Online Library
Branched‐chain amino acids (BCAAs) appear to influence several synthetic and catabolic
cellular signaling cascades leading to altered phenotypes in mammals. BCAAs are most …