Reduced citrulline production in sepsis is related to diminished de novo arginine and nitric oxide production

American Journal of Clinical Nutrition

Volumn 89, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 142-152

  Luiking, Yvette C ^a,b   Poeze, Martijn ^b   Ramsay, Graham ^b   Deutz, Nicolaas E P ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ARKANSAS FOR MEDICAL SCIENCES   (United States)

^b MAASTRICHT UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AMINO ACID; ARGININE; CITRULLINE; NITRIC OXIDE; STABLE ISOTOPE; UREA;

ADULT; AGED; AMINO ACID METABOLISM; ARTERIAL BLOOD; ARTICLE; CALCULATION; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONCENTRATION (PARAMETERS); CONTROLLED STUDY; CRITICALLY ILL PATIENT; FEMALE; HUMAN; INTENSIVE CARE UNIT; MALE; METABOLISM; SEPSIS; SEPTIC SHOCK; VENOUS BLOOD;

ARGININE; CARBON ISOTOPES; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; CITRULLINE; CRITICAL ILLNESS; DEUTERIUM; FEMALE; HUMANS; INFUSIONS, INTRAVENOUS; INTENSIVE CARE UNITS; ISOTOPE LABELING; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NITRIC OXIDE; NITROGEN ISOTOPES; NUTRITIONAL REQUIREMENTS; SHOCK, SEPTIC;

EID: 58149379390     PISSN: 00029165     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3945/ajcn.2007.25765     Document Type: Article

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