Application of the Indicator Amino Acid Oxidation Technique for the Determination of Metabolic Availability of Tryptophan From White Maize Protein, in Young Adult Men
试验速览
- 阶段
- 不适用
- 状态
- 已完成
- 入组人数
- 7
- 试验地点
- 1
- 主要终点
- Metabolic Availability of Tryptophan in Corn
研究概览
简要总结
Our objective is to determine the metabolic availability of Tryptophan in white maize using the indicator amino acid oxidation (IAAO) technique in adult men.
详细描述
Our objective is to determine the metabolic availability of Tryptophan in white maize. Seven young, healthy, male adults will receive graded levels (13.2, 26.4, 39.7, 52.9) of tryptophan requirement of 3.78 mg/kg/d as a crystalline amino acid (AA) mixture and a porridge of white cornmeal protein respectively.
研究设计
- 研究类型
- Interventional
- 分配方式
- Na
- 干预模型
- Single Group
- 主要目的
- Health Services Research
- 盲法
- None
入排标准
- 年龄范围
- 20 Years 至 49 Years(Adult)
- 性别
- Male
- 接受健康志愿者
- 是
入选标准
- •Healthy Adult males (20-49years old).
- •Stable body weight
- •Not on any medications that could affect protein and amino acid metabolism e.g. steroids.
排除标准
- •Recent weight loss within the last 3 months or on weight reducing diet.
- •Unwillingness to participate or unable to tolerate the diet.
结局指标
主要结局
Metabolic Availability of Tryptophan in Corn
时间窗: 9 hours
The quality of corn protein will be assessed by measuring the amount of its tryptophan available for protein synthesis (metabolic availability) using the slope ration method. The oxidation of the indicator amino acid phenylalanine will be measured in response to feeding graded intakes of tryptophan in a reference protein patterned after egg protein, and provided as a crystalline amino acid mixture. The pattern of oxidation of phylalanine in response to tryptophan provided in corn will be compared to the pattern of oxidation obtained from feeding the reference protein. On each study day, subjects will be fed 8 hourly meals and breath samples will be taken to measure the oxidation of phenylalanine. Samples will be collected at baseline after the fourth meal, and half hourly, beginning 2.5 hrs after the 5th meal. Breath samples will be analyzed for 13CO2 enrichment.
次要结局
未报告次要终点
研究者
Glenda Courtney-Martin
Assistant Professor, Faculty of Kinesiology and Physical Education, U of Toronto; Project Investigator, Research Institute The Hospital for Sick Children
The Hospital for Sick Children
