The pharmacokinetic responses of humans to 20 g of alanyl-glutamine dipeptide differ with the dosing protocol but not with gastric acidity or in patients with acute dengue fever

Journal of Nutrition

Volumn 130, Issue 2, 2000, Pages 177-182

  Klassen, Petra ^a   Mazariegos, Manolo ^b   Solomons, Noel W ^b   Fürst, Peter ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HOHENHEIM   (Germany)

^b Center for Studies of Sensory Impairment Aging and Metabolism Guatemala   (Guatemala)

Author keywords

Alanine; Glutamine; Humans; Oral administration; Pharmacokinetics

Indexed keywords

ALANYLGLUTAMINE; OMEPRAZOLE;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AMINO ACID ANALYSIS; AMINO ACID BLOOD LEVEL; AREA UNDER THE CURVE; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DENGUE; DOSE RESPONSE; HUMAN;

EID: 0033974159     PISSN: 00223166     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/jn/130.2.177     Document Type: Article

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