Association between glutamine extraction and release of citrulline and glycine by the human small intestine

Life Sciences

Volumn 80, Issue 20, 2007, Pages 1846-1850

  Fujita, Tetsuji ^a   Yanaga, Katsuhiko ^a  

^a JIKEI UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Japan)

Author keywords

Arteriovenous differences; Citrulline; Glutamine; Glycine; Human intestine

Indexed keywords

ALANINE; AMINO ACID; ARGININE; CITRULLINE; GLUTAMINE; GLYCINE; PROLINE;

ABDOMINAL CANCER; ADULT; AGED; AMINO ACID BLOOD LEVEL; AMINO ACID SYNTHESIS; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; EXTRACTION; FEMALE; GASTRECTOMY; HIGH PERFORMANCE LIQUID CHROMATOGRAPHY; HUMAN; INTESTINE EPITHELIUM; MAJOR SURGERY; MALE; PORTAL VEIN BLOOD FLOW; SIGMOIDECTOMY; SMALL INTESTINE; SUPERIOR MESENTERIC VEIN;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; CITRULLINE; FEMALE; GLUTAMINE; GLYCINE; HUMANS; INTESTINE, SMALL; MALE; MIDDLE AGED;

EID: 34147186819     PISSN: 00243205     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.lfs.2007.02.017     Document Type: Article

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