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The Bioavailability of HMB

Posted on May 4, 2016 by Robert Barrington

β-hydroxy-β-methylbutyrate (HMB) is a metabolite of the essential and branched chain amino acid L-leucine. Leucine is metabolised to HMB in a two step reaction first to α-ketoisocaproate (KIC) and then to isovaleryl-CoA. This transamination pathway accounts for around 10 % … Continue reading →

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