Urinary excretion of 5-L-oxoproline (pyroglutamic acid) is increased during recovery from severe childhood malnutrition and responds to supplemental glycine

Journal of Nutrition

Volumn 126, Issue 11, 1996, Pages 2823-2830

  Persaud, Chandarika ^a   Forrester, Terrence ^b   Jackson, Alan A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHAMPTON   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF THE WEST INDIES   (Jamaica)

Author keywords

amino acids; catch up growth; glutathione; human protein requirements; nitrogen

Indexed keywords

GLYCINE; PYROGLUTAMIC ACID;

AMINO ACID METABOLISM; AMINO ACID URINE LEVEL; ARTICLE; CATCH UP GROWTH; CHILD; CHILD NUTRITION; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIET SUPPLEMENTATION; HUMAN; INFANT; MALNUTRITION; PRESCHOOL CHILD;

AGING; BODY WEIGHT; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; FEMALE; FOOD, FORTIFIED; GLUTATHIONE; GLYCINE; GROWTH; HUMANS; INFANT; MALE; NUTRITION DISORDERS; PYRROLIDONECARBOXYLIC ACID; WEIGHT GAIN;

EID: 0029910652     PISSN: 00223166     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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