Leucine-Enriched Essential Amino Acids Improve Recovery from Post-Exercise Muscle Damage Independent of Increases in Integrated Myofibrillar Protein Synthesis in Young Men

Background: Leucine-enriched essential amino acids (LEAAs) acutely enhance post-exercise myofibrillar protein synthesis (MyoPS), which has been suggested to be important for muscle repair and recovery. However, the ability of LEAAs to concurrently enhance MyoPS and muscle damage recovery in free-liv...

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Main Authors: Marcus Waskiw-Ford, Sarkis Hannaian, Justin Duncan, Hiroyuki Kato, Sidney Abou Sawan, Marius Locke, Dinesh Kumbhare, Daniel Moore
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: MDPI AG 2020-04-01
Series:Nutrients
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Online Access:https://www.mdpi.com/2072-6643/12/4/1061