Branched-chain amino acids and muscle ammoni... [Metab Brain Dis. 2013] - PubMed - NCBI - 0 views
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BCAA metabolism may improve muscle net ammonia removal by supplying carbon skeletons for formation of alfa-ketoglutarate that combines with two ammonia molecules to become glutamine
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Muscle becomes the primary mode of NH3 metabolism in liver cirrhosis. The authors here propose that it is via an increase in muscle mass rather than specifically lowering NH3. In fact, there is an early increase in NH3 production.
