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Rao YF, Chen W, Liang XG, Huang YZ, Miao J, Liu L, et al
A method of preventing gait abnormalities in a patient with Parkinson's disease or of improving or restoring to normal the gait of a patient with Parkinson's disease, comprising the step of administering to said patient an amount of one or more hepatocyte growth factor mimics sufficient to prevent, improve or restore to normal said gait, said one or more hepatocyte growth factor mimics having a general structural formula 1 2 3 where Ri is one of an N-acyl group, a substituted or unsubstituted phenyl, a norleucine group, and an amino acid selected from tyrosine, phenylalanine, aspartic acid, arginine, isoleucine, serine, histidine, glycine, cysteine, methionine, tryptophan, lysine norvaline, ornithine, and s-benzyl cysteine
Tappeiner C, Walscheid K, Heiligenhaus A
Once digested, the amino acids become available for general use in the body, and whether they are preferentially routed to a healing knee is more complex than the marketing implies