- Essential component of fetal growth
- Required for expansion of maternal tissues during pregnancy, development of the placenta, and growth
- Important for protein synthesis and significant decrease in the rate of transamination of leucine contributes to maternal protein and nitrogen accretion
- Regulates key metabolic pathways to improve health, survival, growth, development, and location
INTRAUTERINE GROWTH RESTRICTION (IUGR) || THREATENED ABORTION
NEURAL TUBE DEFECTS || PREGNANCY & LACTATION
