L-Leucine and Reduced Sarcopenia

• The impact of L-branched-chain amino acids and L-leucine on malnutrition, sarcopenia, and other outcomes in patients with chronic liver disease.

  • 2020-10-19
  • Review
  • Expert review of gastroenterology & hepatology 15(2)
  • • Ana Luiza Soares Dos Santos
    • Lucilene Rezende Anastácio

  • PubMed: 32993404
  • DOI: 10.1080/17474124.2021.1829470

  2 Insights on

  • Reduced Sarcopenia

  • Low evidence
  • Clinical

  data on essential amino acid supplementation in chronic liver diseases is scarce

  Effect

  Neutral

  Effect size

  Small

  Significant

  No