Glutamine nutrition and metabolism: Where do we go from here?

FASEB Journal

Volumn 10, Issue 8, 1996, Pages 829-837

  Neu, Josef ^a   Shenoy, Vivek ^a   Chakrabarti, Ratna ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF FLORIDA COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

amino acids; catabolism; critical care; critical illness; infection

Indexed keywords

GLUTAMINASE; GLUTAMINE;

AMINO ACID METABOLISM; ANIMAL CELL; BONE MARROW TRANSPLANTATION; CRITICAL ILLNESS; DIET SUPPLEMENTATION; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; HUMAN TISSUE; METABOLIC REGULATION; MUSCLE ATROPHY; NONHUMAN; NUTRITIONAL VALUE; PREMATURITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; TOTAL PARENTERAL NUTRITION;

EID: 0029931135     PISSN: 08926638     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1096/fasebj.10.8.8666159     Document Type: Review

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