Nutrition
Volume 23, Issue 3 , Pages 261-266, March 2007

Watermelon consumption increases plasma arginine concentrations in adults

  • Julie K. Collins, Ph.D.

      Affiliations

    • USDA-ARS, South Central Agricultural Research Laboratory, Lane, Oklahoma, USA
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  • Guoyao Wu, Ph.D.

      Affiliations

    • Texas A&M University, Faculty of Nutrition, College Station, Texas, USA
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  • Penelope Perkins-Veazie, Ph.D.

      Affiliations

    • USDA-ARS, South Central Agricultural Research Laboratory, Lane, Oklahoma, USA
    • Corresponding Author InformationCorresponding author. Tel.: +580-889-7395; fax: +580-889-5783.
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  • Karen Spears, Ph.D.

      Affiliations

    • College of Agriculture, Biotechnology and Natural Resources, Nutrition State Specialist, College of Cooperative Extension, University of Nevada, Reno, Nevada, USA
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  • P. Larry Claypool, Ph.D.

      Affiliations

    • Department of Statistics, Oklahoma State University, Stillwater, Oklahoma, USA
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  • Robert A. Baker, Ph.D.

      Affiliations

    • Retired, USDA-ARS, Citrus and Subtropical Products Laboratory, Winter Haven, Florida, USA
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  • Beverly A. Clevidence, Ph.D.

      Affiliations

    • USDA-ARS, Diet and Human Performance Laboratory, Beltsville, Maryland, USA

Received 26 September 2006; accepted 11 January 2007.

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 Research was funded in part by a grant from the National Watermelon Promotion Board.

PII: S0899-9007(07)00012-3

doi:10.1016/j.nut.2007.01.005

Nutrition
Volume 23, Issue 3 , Pages 261-266, March 2007

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