PRODUCT NAME:L-LEUCINE
- CAS NO:61-90-5
- FORMULA: C6H13NO2
- MOLAR MASS:131.17 g/mol
- INFORMATION OF L-LEUCINE:-Leucine is one of the essential amino acids and one of three branched chain amino acids, along with isoleucine &valine. There are eight essential amino acids in total, with the others being: l-isoleucine, l-lysine, l-methionine, l-phenylalaline, l-threonine, l-tryptophan and l-valine. (l-histidine and l-arginine are often included as EAAs).1 They cannot be made by the body, thus must be derived from the diet. L-Leucine is found in nuts, brown rice and whole wheat bread, or supplements.2 There are three branched-chain amino acids (BCAAs) in the body, L-Isoleucine, L-Valine, and L-Leucine, and all of them help promote muscle recovery after exercise.
- BENIFITS OF L-LEUCINE:BCAAs consumed before, during or after training support muscle protein synthesis, decrease protein catabolism and are very important to the use and production of glucose for energy. Leucine enhances insulin's anabolic response, and is believed to be the most important BCAA with respect to increasing protein synthesis and prevention of muscle catabolism.
- 31 Essentials of Sports Nutrition and Supplements, p. 486
- 2 Macrobolic Nutrition, p. 33
- 3 Essentials of Sports Nutrition and Supplements, p. 474 and 498