Metabolic effects of glutamine on insulin sensitivity

Nutritional Therapy and Metabolism

Volumn 28, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 7-11

  Molfino, Alessio ^a   Logorelli, Ferdinando ^a   Muscaritoli, Maurizio ^a   Cascino, Antonia ^a   Preziosa, Isabella ^a   Fanelli, Filippo Rossi ^a   Laviano, Alessandro ^a  

^a SAPIENZA UNIVERSITY OF ROME   (Italy)

Author keywords

Diabetes mellitus; Glucose metabolism; Glutamine; Insulin resistance

Indexed keywords

EID: 77954364442     PISSN: 18286232     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Review

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