Glutamine supplementation does not improve protein synthesis rate by the jejunal mucosa of the malnourished rat

Nutrition Research

Volumn 29, Issue 8, 2009, Pages 596-601

  Tannus, Andrea Ferreira S ^a   Darmaun, Dominique ^b   Ribas, Durval F ^c   Oliveira, José Eduardo D ^a   Marchini, Julio Sergio ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SÃO PAULO   (Brazil)

^b Universite de Nantes   (France)

^c School of Medicine   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Glutamine; Intestinal mucosa; Leucine, Stable isotopes; Malnourished rats; Malnutrition

Indexed keywords

CARBON 11; CARBON 13; ESSENTIAL AMINO ACID; GLUTAMINE;

AMINO ACID BLOOD LEVEL; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIET SUPPLEMENTATION; FOOD INTAKE; HYPOTHESIS; INTESTINE CELL; JEJUNUM BIOPSY; JEJUNUM MUCOSA; MALE; MALNUTRITION; NITROGEN BALANCE; NITROGEN URINE LEVEL; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN DEGRADATION; PROTEIN SYNTHESIS; RAT; WEIGHT REDUCTION; WISTAR RAT;

AMINO ACIDS; ANIMALS; BODY WEIGHT; CARBON ISOTOPES; DIETARY SUPPLEMENTS; DISEASE MODELS, ANIMAL; GLUTAMINE; INTESTINAL MUCOSA; JEJUNUM; LEUCINE; MALE; NITROGEN; PROTEIN BIOSYNTHESIS; PROTEIN-ENERGY MALNUTRITION; RANDOM ALLOCATION; RATS; RATS, WISTAR; REFERENCE VALUES;

RATTUS; RATTUS NORVEGICUS;

EID: 70049111375     PISSN: 02715317     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.nutres.2009.06.009     Document Type: Article

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