How to Use leucine in a Sentence

leucine

noun

• Branched-chain amino acids (BCAAs) are a class of three important amino acids known as leucine, isoleucine, and valine.
  — Amber Smith, Discover Magazine, 22 Dec. 2022
• The three essential amino acids that make up branched-chain amino acids include leucine, valine, and isoleucine.
  — Dallas News, 22 Dec. 2022
• This includes high amounts of leucine, a branched chain amino acid needed for muscle repair and growth.
  — Tamar Kane, Ms, Health, 14 Apr. 2023
• Branched-chain amino acids only contain leucine, isoleucine, and valine.
  — Paul Kita, Men's Health, 15 Nov. 2022
• These are a group of three amino acids (leucine, isoleucine, and valine) that are essential for muscle growth and repair.
  — Amber Smith, Discover Magazine, 15 Dec. 2022
• Some are even fortified with more leucine than most casein or whey powders on the market.
  — Paul Kita, Men's Health, 5 Apr. 2023
• All of these high-protein options are also rich in leucine, an essential amino acid involved in the growth and repair of muscle, skin, and bone.
  — Outside Online, 17 Feb. 2021
• Ward suggests adding in lean sources of animal protein, which tend to be richer in leucine, a muscle-building amino acid.
  — Danielle Blundell, Women's Health, 31 May 2023
• Pineapples contain valine and leucine, two amino acids that are essential to human health.
  — Katy Severson, chicagotribune.com, 26 Feb. 2021
• Phenylalanine and leucine are both nonpolar and uncharged amino acids.
  — William A. Haseltine, Forbes, 20 Sep. 2021
• Cow's milk is also a good source of leucine, an amino acid needed to trigger muscle protein synthesis.
  — Cynthia Sass, Mph, Health.com, 7 Jan. 2022
• Corn and potato, meanwhile, are high in leucine, an amino acid that signals the first step for muscle-protein synthesis, Hertzler said.
  — Claire Bugos, Verywell Health, 4 Apr. 2023
• EyeEm//Getty Images While both are great, cottage cheese actually has more protein gram for gram, as well as just under 3 grams of leucine per 1 cup.
  — Matthew Kadey, Men's Health, 14 Nov. 2022
• Each serving contains 20 grams of protein and is packed with essential amino acids like leucine and isoleucine, which aid in muscle recovery.
  — Kayla Hui, Health.com, 27 Jan. 2022
• Additionally, lean protein contains the amino acid leucine, which helps to burn belly fat.
  — Amber Smith, Discover Magazine, 23 Dec. 2022
• These include leucine, valine, isoleucine and a handful of other amino acids your body cannot naturally produce.
  — Dallas News, 15 Feb. 2022
• Soy protein is another suitable protein source that is high in leucine, an essential amino acid for muscle growth and repair.
  — Paul Kita, Men's Health, 5 Apr. 2023
• This appears to be especially true of leucine, which research indicates has a unique role in your body’s ability to repair and build muscles.
  — Amy Schellenbaum, Popular Science, 8 Sep. 2020
• Each scoop delivers 10g of type I and type III collagen, along with a full amino acid profile, including leucine, tyrosine, and aspartic acid.
  — The Salt Lake Tribune, 29 Nov. 2022
• After a really hard full-body workout, Baar recommends that athletes eat 0.4 g/kg of body weight of easily digestible leucine-rich protein.
  — Washington Post, 25 Apr. 2022
• Studies done on supplements like leucine, which some early research suggested could kickstart the muscle-building process inside cells, haven’t panned out.
  — Sara Chodosh, Popular Science, 3 Jan. 2019
• Whey protein is absorbed quickly, is high in leucine, an amino acid that’s necessary for growth, is accessible, affordable and is most rapidly absorbed.
  — Paul Kita, Men's Health, 16 Nov. 2022
• Animal proteins are also higher than plant proteins in one particular amino acid, leucine, which is thought to be key to muscle protein synthesis.
  — Carolyn L. Todd, SELF, 28 Aug. 2019
• The 152 tryptophan is substituted for leucine in the California variants.
  — William A. Haseltine, Forbes, 20 Sep. 2021
• Whey protein also contains high amounts of leucine, the most important amino acid in muscle growth, and cysteine, which aids in muscular development and metabolism.
  — Amber Smith, Discover Magazine, 16 Dec. 2022
• Whey protein supplements typically contain leucine, one of the essential amino acids that aids protein synthesis.
  — Dallas News, 22 Dec. 2022
• There’s also new research suggesting that getting enough high-quality leucine may reduce cognitive impairment—sometimes called brain fog—that many people cite as a menopausal symptom.
  — Lindsay Warner, Outside Online, 8 Dec. 2020
• Each capsule is enriched with highly effective ingredients like L-tyrosine, L-theanine, oat straw extract, phosphatidylserine, huperzia A, and L-leucine that nourish and support the brain.
  — Amber Smith, Discover Magazine, 2 Nov. 2022
• Many vegan protein powders are fortified with additional amino acids, such as leucine, to improve their effectiveness for muscle building.
  — Paul Kita, Men's Health, 5 Apr. 2023
• High-quality protein is any protein that contains all of the nine essential amino acids (histidine, isoleucine, leucine, lysine, methionine, phenylalanine, threonine, tryptophan and valine) that our bodies don’t make on their own.
  — USA TODAY, 2 July 2023

Last Updated: 24 Jul 2024