Manipulation of citrulline availability in humans

American Journal of Physiology - Gastrointestinal and Liver Physiology

Volumn 293, Issue 5, 2007, Pages

  Rougé, Carole ^a   Des Robert, Clotilde ^a,b,d   Robins, Alexander ^a   Le Bacquer, Olivier ^a   Volteau, Christelle ^d   De La Cochetière, Marie France ^c   Darmaun, Dominique ^a,d,e  

^a Universite de Nantes   (France)

^b Hopital Mere Enfant CHU de Nantes   (France)

^c UNIVERSITÉ DE NANTES   (France)

^d NANTES UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (France)

^e HÔTEL DIEU   (France)

Author keywords

Glutamine; Gut; Nutrition; Protein metabolism

Indexed keywords

AMINO ACID; ARGININE; ARYLBUTYRIC ACID DERIVATIVE; CITRULLINE; GLUTAMINE; NITRIC OXIDE; UREA;

ADULT; AMINO ACID BLOOD LEVEL; AMINO ACID URINE LEVEL; ARTICLE; BIOAVAILABILITY; CONTROLLED STUDY; ERYTHROCYTE; GAS CHROMATOGRAPHY; GLOMERULUS FILTRATION; HUMAN; MALE; MASS SPECTROMETRY; NITROGEN BALANCE; NITROGEN URINE LEVEL; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN DEPLETION; UREA NITROGEN BLOOD LEVEL;

ADULT; AMINO ACIDS; BIOLOGICAL AVAILABILITY; CITRULLINE; DIETARY SUPPLEMENTS; ERYTHROCYTES; HUMANS; KINETICS; MALE; PHENYLBUTYRATES; REFERENCE VALUES;

EID: 36148970018     PISSN: 01931857     EISSN: 15221547     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1152/ajpgi.00289.2007     Document Type: Article

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