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Amino acid composition in parenteral nutrition: what is the evidence?

Shadi S Yarandi, Vivian M Zhao, Gautam Hebbar, and Thomas R Ziegler

Curr Opin Clin Nutr Metab Care 14(1):75-82 (2011) PMID 21076291

Complete parenteral nutrition solutions contain mixed amino acid products providing all nine essential amino acids and a varying composition of nonessential amino acids. Relatively little rigorous comparative efficacy research on altered parenteral nutrition amino acid composition has been published in recent years.

DOI: 10.1097/MCO.0b013e328341235a
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