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Acute decrease in the plasma tryptophan-to-large-neutral-amino-acids ratio attenuates the effects of L-tryptophan on gut hormones and energy intake in healthy males: a randomized, cross-over, exploratory trial.

The American journal of clinical nutrition2025The record ↗

  1. Finding, very limited evidencelowersAd libitum test-meal energy intake

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  • “Only Trp reduced energy intake [kcal (mean ± standard error of the mean); control: 1085 ± 49, Trp: 881 ± 75, Trp + Leu - 0.22: 963 ± 57, Trp + Leu - 0.45: 932 ± 60] compared with control (P = 0.008).”
    Study
    crossover
    Dose studied
    Trp 0.15 kcal/min intraduodenal infusion for 90 min
    Population
    Twelve healthy normal-weight males; ad-libitum energy intake immediately after a 90-min intraduodenal infusion; control was isotonic 0.9% saline

Study record

Design
crossover trial
Species
human
Population
Twelve healthy normal-weight males; intraduodenal infusion of L-tryptophan (Trp) alone against isotonic saline control is supplementation; Trp + Leu arms are combinations
Participants
12
Comparator
placebo
Duration
not reported
Endpoints measured
11