Dietary protein for human health
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Dietary protein intake and human health.
A protein consists of amino acids (AA) linked by peptide bonds. Dietary protein is hydrolyzed by proteases and peptidases to generate AA, dipeptides, and tripeptides in the lumen of the gastrointestinal tract. These digestion products are utilized by bacteria in the small intestine or absorbed into enterocytes. AA that are not degraded by the small intestine enter the portal vein for protein sy...
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عنوان ژورنال: British Journal of Nutrition
سال: 2012
ISSN: 0007-1145,1475-2662
DOI: 10.1017/s0007114512003509