Glutamine supplementation decreases intestinal permeability and preserves gut mucosa integrity in an experimental mouse model

Journal of Parenteral and Enteral Nutrition

Volumn 34, Issue 4, 2010, Pages 408-413

  Carvalho Dos Santos, Rosana Das Graças ^a   Lomar Viana, Mirelle ^a   Vasconcelos Generoso, Simone ^a   Esteves Arantes, Rosa ^a   Davisson Correia, Maria Isabel Toulson ^a   Nascimento Cardoso, Valbert ^a  

^a FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF MINAS GERAIS   (Brazil)

Author keywords

bacterial translocation; glutamine; intestinal barrier; intestinal permeability; technetium 99m

Indexed keywords

GLUTAMINE; PENTETIC ACID; TECHNETIUM;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL TRANSLOCATION; BLOOD; BLOOD SAMPLING; CONTROLLED STUDY; ESCHERICHIA COLI; INTESTINE MUCOSA PERMEABILITY; INTESTINE OBSTRUCTION; LIVER; LUNG; MALE; MESENTERY LYMPH NODE; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIOACTIVITY; SMALL INTESTINE; SPLEEN;

ANIMALS; BACTERIAL TRANSLOCATION; DIETARY SUPPLEMENTS; DISEASE MODELS, ANIMAL; ESCHERICHIA COLI; GLUTAMINE; INTESTINAL ABSORPTION; INTESTINAL MUCOSA; INTESTINAL OBSTRUCTION; INTESTINE, SMALL; MALE; MICE; RADIOISOTOPES; RANDOM ALLOCATION; STAINING AND LABELING; TECHNETIUM;

ANIMALIA; BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); ESCHERICHIA COLI; MURINAE; MUS;

EID: 77956261160     PISSN: 01486071     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0148607110362530     Document Type: Article

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