Part I. Role of Branched Chain Amino Acids in Healthy Individuals
1. Tolerability of leucine
2. Leucine-protein supplemented recovery and exercise
3. Use of whey and leucine on muscle
4. Branched chain amino acids and muscle atrophy protection
5. Role of branched chain amino acids in cellular and organ damage: the prognostic significance of the preoperative branched chain amino acid to tyrosine ratio
Part II. Branched Chain Amino Acids: Status in Disease States
6. Branched chain amino acids in heart failure
7. Mitochondrial tRNA valine in cardiomyopathies
8. Branched chain amino acids on psychomotor performance
9. The branch chain amino acids in the context of other amino acids in traumatic brain injury
10. Branched chain amino acids in chronic obstructive pulmonary disease
Part III. Branched Chain Amino Acids and Liver Diseases
11. Identification of branched chain amino acids; underlying molecular pathways using transcriptomic analysis: application to cirrhosis
12. Branched chain amino acids supplementation and plasma albumin
13. Late evening snack, branched chain amino acids and cirrhosis
14. Branched chain amino acids and organ transplantation
15. Basic aspects in prevention of post-transplant bacteremia by branched chain amino acids
16. Branched chain amino acids and postoperative quality of life
Part IV. Branched Chain Amino Acid Supplementation Studies in Certain Patient Populations
17. Leucine-protein functional adaptation in the clinical setting
18. Branched chain amino acids supplementation and glycemic control
19. Leucine supplementation and insulin resistance
20. Weight loss and branched chain amino acids and their metabolites
21. Branched chain amino acid cocktails and skin
22. Branched chain amino acids in inherited muscle disease: the case of Duchhene muscular dystrophy
23. Use of branched chain amino acids (BCAA) during radiotherapy
24. Oral branch chain amino acids and encephalopathy
25. Web based resources, and suggested readings.