Increased plasma bicarbonate and growth hormone after an oral glutamine load

American Journal of Clinical Nutrition

Volumn 61, Issue 5, 1995, Pages 1058-1061

  Welbourne, Tomas C ^a  

^a LOUISIANA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Glutamine load; plasma bicarbonate; plasma growth hormone

Indexed keywords

BICARBONATE; GLUTAMINE; GROWTH HORMONE;

ADULT; ALKALINITY; ARTICLE; BICARBONATE BLOOD LEVEL; BLOOD LEVEL; DIET; ENERGY METABOLISM; GLUCOSE BLOOD LEVEL; GROWTH HORMONE BLOOD LEVEL; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; NORMAL HUMAN;

COLA;

EID: 0029054371     PISSN: 00029165     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/ajcn/61.5.1058     Document Type: Article

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