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- adjective organic chemistry Describing any
aliphatic compound that contains a chain ofcarbon atoms in which at least one carbon atom is connected to three or four others, thus forming a branch.
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Examples
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The investigators found that the bypass patients had much lower levels of amino acids known as branched-chain amino acids, and the amino acids phenylalanine and tyrosine.
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The investigators found that the bypass patients had much lower levels of amino acids known as branched-chain amino acids, and the amino acids phenylalanine and tyrosine.
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It turns out that bypass surgery dramatically reduces the amino acids circulating in the blood - in particular, a type called branched-chain amino acids, which make up 40 percent of these nutrients in our diet.
NPR Topics: News 2011
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It shows people who get weight loss surgery have a bigger drop in their branched-chain amino acids.
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This study really does help to confirm that hypothesis that branched-chain amino acids do go down more in people who have weight loss surgery, he said.
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What is not yet proven is whether that reduction in branched-chain amino acids is the reason their insulin resistance declines, he pointed out.
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"If you supplement the diet of rats with branched-chain amino acids, you can induce more insulin resistance," she explained.
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What is not yet proven is whether that reduction in branched-chain amino acids is the reason their insulin resistance declines, he pointed out.
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"If you supplement the diet of rats with branched-chain amino acids, you can induce more insulin resistance," she explained.
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The new study adds weight to other research finding a link between the decline in branched-chain amino acids and the decline in insulin resistance, said Dr. Thomas J. Wang, associate professor of medicine at Harvard Medical School, and a coauthor of the perspective accompanying the study.
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