The 2009 ESPEN Sir David Cuthbertson. Citrulline: A new major signaling molecule or just another player in the pharmaconutrition game?

Clinical Nutrition

Volumn 29, Issue 5, 2010, Pages 545-551

  Cynober, Luc ^a,b   Moinard, Christophe ^a   De Bandt, Jean Pascal ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITÉ PARIS DESCARTES   (France)

^b HÔTEL DIEU   (France)

Author keywords

Arginine; Citrulline; Nutrition; Oxidative stress; Protein synthesis

Indexed keywords

ARGININE; CITRULLINE; GLUTAMINE; LEUCINE; MAMMALIAN TARGET OF RAPAMYCIN; NITRIC OXIDE;

ABSENCE OF SIDE EFFECTS; AGING; AMINO ACID METABOLISM; AMINO ACID SUBSTITUTION; AMINO ACID SYNTHESIS; AMINO ACID TRANSPORT; AREA UNDER THE CURVE; ATHEROSCLEROSIS; BLOOD PRESSURE; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASE; CLINICAL TRIAL; DIARRHEA; DIET SUPPLEMENTATION; DRUG BIOAVAILABILITY; DRUG BLOOD LEVEL; DRUG CLEARANCE; DRUG DOSE INCREASE; DRUG HALF LIFE; DRUG MECHANISM; DRUG MEGADOSE; DRUG METABOLISM; ENDOTHELIUM CELL; ENDOTOXEMIA; GASTROINTESTINAL SYMPTOM; HEART INJURY; HUMAN; IMMUNOCOMPETENT CELL; INTESTINE CELL; KIDNEY METABOLISM; LIVER INJURY; MALNUTRITION; MAXIMUM PLASMA CONCENTRATION; MUSCLE ATROPHY; NAUSEA; NON INSULIN DEPENDENT DIABETES MELLITUS; NONHUMAN; OBESITY; OXIDATIVE STRESS; POSTPRANDIAL STATE; PROTEIN INTAKE; PROTEIN RESTRICTION; PROTEIN SYNTHESIS; PULMONARY HYPERTENSION; REGULATORY MECHANISM; REPEATED DRUG DOSE; REVIEW; SHORT BOWEL SYNDROME; SIDE EFFECT; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION;

ANIMALS; ARGININE; CITRULLINE; ENTEROCYTES; GLUTAMINE; HUMANS; INTESTINES; KIDNEY; NITRIC OXIDE SYNTHASE; OXIDATIVE STRESS; PROTEIN BIOSYNTHESIS; RATS; SHORT BOWEL SYNDROME;

EID: 77957574533     PISSN: 02615614     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.clnu.2010.07.006     Document Type: Review

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