Intestinal metabolism of glutamine and potential use of glutamine as a therapeutic agent in diarrheic calves

Journal of the American Veterinary Medical Association

Volumn 211, Issue 5, 1997, Pages 547-553

  Nappert, Germain ^a   Zello, Gordon A ^b   Naylor, Jonathan M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SASKATCHEWAN   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SASKATCHEWAN   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

2 OXOGLUTARIC ACID; ADENOSINE TRIPHOSPHATE; ALANINE; AMINO ACID; AMMONIA; ARGININE; CARBON DIOXIDE; CITRULLINE; CYTOKINE; ENDOTOXIN; GLUCOCORTICOID; GLUCOSE; GLUTAMATE AMMONIA LIGASE; GLUTAMIC ACID; GLUTAMINASE; GLUTAMINE; GLYCINE; HYDROCORTISONE; MONOKINE; NITROGEN; NUCLEIC ACID; NUCLEOTIDE; ORAL REHYDRATION SOLUTION; ORNITHINE; PROLINE; PROTEIN; PURINE; PYRIMIDINE; SERINE; UNINDEXED DRUG;

CRITICAL ILLNESS; DIARRHEA; GLYCOLYSIS; HUMAN; INTESTINE; INTESTINE MUCOSA; METABOLISM; NONHUMAN; ORAL REHYDRATION THERAPY; REVIEW; SUPPLEMENTATION; TOTAL PARENTERAL NUTRITION;

ANIMALS; CATTLE; CATTLE DISEASES; DIARRHEA; GLUTAMINE; INTESTINAL MUCOSA; INTESTINES;

EID: 0030769130     PISSN: 00031488     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Review

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