Molecular Markers of Dietary Essential Amino Acid-deficiency (P08-059-19)

The quality of dietary protein sources became a particularly sensitive issue in the current debates on a rebalancing between animal and vegetable food sources. The ability of a protein to meet the nutritional requirements of essential amino acid (EAA) is the basis for assessing the quality of protein. The objective of this study was to characterize the impact of lysine- and threonine-deficient gluten-based diets on the metabolism of growing rats...