Enhancement of postoperative recovery by preoperative oral co-administration of the amino acids, cystine and theanine, in a mouse surgical model

Clinical Nutrition

Volumn 31, Issue 4, 2012, Pages 555-561

  Shibakusa, Tetsuro ^a   Mikami, Takashi ^a   Kurihara, Shigekazu ^a   Chiba, Yasumasa ^a   Tsuchiya, Takashi ^b   Miyachi, Tomohiro ^b   Oyama, Atsushi ^b   Tanaka, Kenji A K ^a   Koyama, Naoto ^a  

^a AJINOMOTO CO INC   (Japan)

^b Ajinomoto Co Inc   (Japan)

Author keywords

Cystine; Glutathione; Inflammation; Postoperative recovery; Theanine

Indexed keywords

AMINO ACID DERIVATIVE; CYSTINE; GLUTATHIONE; INTERLEUKIN 6; THEANINE;

ABDOMINAL SURGERY; ANIMAL BEHAVIOR; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BEHAVIORAL ANALYSIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; FEMALE; FOOD INTAKE; INFLAMMATION; LOCOMOTION; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; POSTOPERATIVE PERIOD; POSTOPERATIVE RECONVALESCENCE; PREOPERATIVE CARE; PROTEIN BLOOD LEVEL; SHAM PROCEDURE;

ADMINISTRATION, ORAL; ANIMALS; CYSTINE; FEMALE; GLUTAMATES; GLUTATHIONE; INFLAMMATION; INTERLEUKIN-6; INTESTINE, SMALL; LINEAR MODELS; MICE; MICE, INBRED BALB C; MODELS, ANIMAL; POSTOPERATIVE PERIOD; PREOPERATIVE CARE; RNA, MESSENGER;

EID: 84864125100     PISSN: 02615614     EISSN: 15321983     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.clnu.2012.02.001     Document Type: Article

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