Protein requirements of man: variations in obligatory urinary and fecal nitrogen losses in young men. 1972

N S Scrimshaw, and M A Hussein, and E Murray, and W M Rand, and V R Young

UI MeSH Term Description Entries
D008297 Male Males
D009584 Nitrogen An element with the atomic symbol N, atomic number 7, and atomic weight [14.00643; 14.00728]. Nitrogen exists as a diatomic gas and makes up about 78% of the earth's atmosphere by volume. It is a constituent of proteins and nucleic acids and found in all living cells.
D009747 Nutritional Physiological Phenomena The processes and properties of living organisms by which they take in and balance the use of nutritive materials for energy, heat production, or building material for the growth, maintenance, or repair of tissues and the nutritive properties of FOOD. Nutrition Physiological Phenomena,Nutrition Physiology,Nutrition Processes,Nutritional Physiology Phenomena,Nutrition Phenomena,Nutrition Physiological Concepts,Nutrition Physiological Phenomenon,Nutrition Process,Nutritional Phenomena,Nutritional Physiological Phenomenon,Nutritional Physiology,Nutritional Physiology Concepts,Nutritional Physiology Phenomenon,Nutritional Process,Nutritional Processes,Concept, Nutrition Physiological,Concept, Nutritional Physiology,Concepts, Nutrition Physiological,Concepts, Nutritional Physiology,Nutrition Physiological Concept,Nutritional Physiology Concept,Phenomena, Nutrition,Phenomena, Nutrition Physiological,Phenomena, Nutritional,Phenomena, Nutritional Physiological,Phenomena, Nutritional Physiology,Phenomenon, Nutrition Physiological,Phenomenon, Nutritional Physiological,Phenomenon, Nutritional Physiology,Physiological Concept, Nutrition,Physiological Concepts, Nutrition,Physiological Phenomena, Nutrition,Physiological Phenomena, Nutritional,Physiological Phenomenon, Nutrition,Physiological Phenomenon, Nutritional,Physiology Concept, Nutritional,Physiology Concepts, Nutritional,Physiology Phenomena, Nutritional,Physiology Phenomenon, Nutritional,Physiology, Nutrition,Physiology, Nutritional,Process, Nutrition,Process, Nutritional,Processes, Nutrition,Processes, Nutritional
D009751 Nutritional Requirements The amounts of various substances in food needed by an organism to sustain healthy life. Dietary Requirements,Nutrition Requirements,Dietary Requirement,Nutrition Requirement,Nutritional Requirement,Requirement, Dietary,Requirement, Nutrition,Requirement, Nutritional,Requirements, Dietary,Requirements, Nutrition,Requirements, Nutritional
D011194 Potassium Isotopes Stable potassium atoms that have the same atomic number as the element potassium, but differ in atomic weight. K-41 is a stable potassium isotope. Isotopes, Potassium
D011488 Protein Deficiency A nutritional condition produced by a deficiency of proteins in the diet, characterized by adaptive enzyme changes in the liver, increase in amino acid synthetases, and diminution of urea formation, thus conserving nitrogen and reducing its loss in the urine. Growth, immune response, repair, and production of enzymes and hormones are all impaired in severe protein deficiency. Protein deficiency may also arise in the face of adequate protein intake if the protein is of poor quality (i.e., the content of one or more amino acids is inadequate and thus becomes the limiting factor in protein utilization). (From Merck Manual, 16th ed; Harrison's Principles of Internal Medicine, 12th ed, p406) Deficiency, Protein,Deficiencies, Protein,Protein Deficiencies
D001823 Body Composition The relative amounts of various components in the body, such as percentage of body fat. Body Compositions,Composition, Body,Compositions, Body
D001824 Body Constitution The physical characteristics of the body, including the mode of performance of functions, the activity of metabolic processes, the manner and degree of reactions to stimuli, and power of resistance to the attack of pathogenic organisms. Body Constitutions,Constitution, Body,Constitutions, Body
D001827 Body Height The distance from the sole to the crown of the head with body standing on a flat surface and fully extended. Body Heights,Height, Body,Heights, Body
D001835 Body Weight The mass or quantity of heaviness of an individual. It is expressed by units of pounds or kilograms. Body Weights,Weight, Body,Weights, Body

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