Amino Acid Nutrition and Human Health
A special issue of International Journal of Molecular Sciences (ISSN 1422-0067). This special issue belongs to the section "Bioactives and Nutraceuticals".
Deadline for manuscript submissions: 28 September 2025 | Viewed by 32
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Dear Colleagues,
Amino acids are mainly used by cells and organisms to synthesize proteins, peptides, and a range of important molecules that are essential for the proper functioning of both cells and the host organism. In humans, only 12 of the 20 amino acids can be synthesized from other carbon sources; the remaining 8 must come from dietary sources, as these essential amino acids cannot be synthesized or stored in the body. Apart from being used in the synthesis of nitrogenous compounds, amino acids can be degraded and used as a gluconeogenic or ketogenic substrate. If a cell lacks an amino acid, then its ability to synthesize proteins and other compounds may be threatened, depending on whether the relevant compound is essential in cell function. In humans, inbuilt errors in amino acid metabolism, such as MSUD, can have catastrophic health effects. One of the main amino acids found in circulatory fluids, glutamine, plays an important role in gluconeogenesis, urea formation, and nitrogen base synthesis, as being important for immune cell activity and as an alternate energy source for most cancer cells. For this Special Issue, we welcome investigations into the roles played by amino acids in both cellular and organism functions.
Dr. Terrence Piva
Guest Editor
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Keywords
- amino acids
- dietary intake
- metabolic disease
- starvation
- obesity
- supplementation
- parental nutrition
- gene expression
- tumour metabolism
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