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Research
Latest papers
Lysine requirements of moderately undernourished school-aged Indian children are reduced by treatment for intestinal parasites as measured by the indicator amino acid oxidation technique.
The Journal of nutrition · 2015
Assessment of protein requirement in octogenarian women with use of the indicator amino acid oxidation technique.
The American journal of clinical nutrition · 2014
Splanchnic first pass disappearance of threonine and lysine do not differ in healthy men in the fed state.
The Journal of nutrition · 2013
Latest funding
- $1,399,950
The amino acid requirements of older adults >60 years is different from young adults.
CIHR · 2026 · Co-investigator
- $1,422,900
To complement or not complement- Is protein complementation at each meal necessary when consuming plant-based diets?
CIHR · 2024 · Co-investigator
- $948,600
The amino acid requirements of older adults (60 years and above) is different than those of young adults.
CIHR · 2021 · Co-investigator
18 publications.
Lysine requirements of moderately undernourished school-aged Indian children are reduced by treatment for intestinal parasites as measured by the indicator amino acid oxidation technique.
Pillai RR, Elango R, Ball RO, Kurpad AV, Pencharz PB
Assessment of protein requirement in octogenarian women with use of the indicator amino acid oxidation technique.
Tang M, McCabe GP, Elango R, Pencharz PB, Ball RO, Campbell WW
Splanchnic first pass disappearance of threonine and lysine do not differ in healthy men in the fed state.
Chapman KP, Elango R, Ball RO, Pencharz PB
Determination of the tolerable upper intake level of leucine in adult men.
Pencharz PB, Elango R, Ball RO
Determination of the tolerable upper intake level of leucine in acute dietary studies in young men.
Elango R, Chapman K, Rafii M, Ball RO, Pencharz PB
Protein requirement of healthy school-age children determined by the indicator amino acid oxidation method.
Elango R, Humayun MA, Ball RO, Pencharz PB
Evidence that protein requirements have been significantly underestimated.
Elango R, Humayun MA, Ball RO, Pencharz PB
Indicator amino acid oxidation is not affected by period of adaptation to a wide range of lysine intake in healthy young men.
Elango R, Humayun MA, Ball RO, Pencharz PB
Amino acid requirements in humans: with a special emphasis on the metabolic availability of amino acids.
Elango R, Ball RO, Pencharz PB
An approach to defining the upper safe limits of amino acid intake.
Pencharz PB, Elango R, Ball RO
The amino acid requirements of older adults >60 years is different from young adults.
Principal investigators: Courtney-Martin, Glenda
Keywords: Ageing; Amino Acid Requirement; Indicator Amino Acid Oxidation Method; Older Adults
To complement or not complement- Is protein complementation at each meal necessary when consuming plant-based diets?
Principal investigators: Courtney-Martin, Glenda
Keywords: 15n-Glycine; Humans; Plant-Based Diet; Protein Complementation; Protein Nutrition; Protein Quality; Whole Body Protein Metabolism
The amino acid requirements of older adults (60 years and above) is different than those of young adults.
Principal investigators: Courtney-Martin, Glenda
Keywords: Ageing; Amino Acid Requirements; Elderly; Indicator Amino Acid Oxidation Method
The Amino Acid Requirements of Total Parenteral Nutrition (TPN) Fed Human Neonates.
Principal investigators: Courtney-Martin, Glenda; Pencharz, Paul B
Keywords: Amino Acid Requirements; Human Neonates; Indicator Amino Acid Oxidation Method; Stable Isotopes; Total Parenteral Nutrition
Evaluating the dietary protein quality of cereal grains to meet human nutrition needs by measuring the metabolic availability of the most limiting amino; lysine.
Principal investigators: Courtney-Martin, Glenda; Levesque, Crystal
Keywords: Amino Acids; Bioavailability; Digestibility; Essential Amino Acids; Indicator Amino Acid Oxidation; Protein; Protein Quality; Stable Isotopes
Use of indicator acid oxidation to determine amino acid requirement
Principal investigators: Pencharz, Paul B; Elango, Rajavel
Keywords: Amino Acids; Elderly; Indicator Amino Acid Oxidation; Lactation; Pregnancy; Protein; Requirements; Stable Isotopes
Use of indicator acid oxidation to determine amino acid requirement
Principal investigators: Pencharz, Paul B
Keywords: Amino Acid Requirements; Children; Elderly; Pregnancy; Stable Isotopes
From CIHR, NSERC and SSHRC funding decisions: CIHR since 2008, NSERC since 1991 and SSHRC since 1998, including their latest published competition results.
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- Pediatrics
- Nutritional Sciences
- Agricultural, Food and Nutritional Science
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