Intravenous glutamine supplementation enhances renal de novo arginine synthesis in humans: A stable isotope study

American Journal of Clinical Nutrition

Volumn 100, Issue 5, 2014, Pages 1385-1391

  Buijs, Nikki ^a,b   Brinkmann, Saskia J H ^a   Oosterink, J Efraim ^c   Luttikhold, Joanna ^a   Schierbeek, Henk ^c   Wisselink, Willem ^a   Beishuizen, Albertus ^a,d   Van Goudoever, Johannes B ^a,c   Houdijk, Alexander P J ^b   Van Leeuwen, Paul A M ^a   Vermeulen, Mechteld A R ^a  

^a VU UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

^b Northwest Clinics   (Netherlands)

^c EMMA CHILDREN S HOSPITAL   (Netherlands)

^d MEDISCH SPECTRUM TWENTE   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARGININE; CITRULLINE; GLUTAMINE; STABLE ISOTOPE; ALANYLGLUTAMINE; DIPEPTIDE;

ADULT; AMINO ACID BLOOD LEVEL; AMINO ACID SYNTHESIS; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; GLUTAMINE SUPPLEMENTATION; HUMAN; KIDNEY METABOLISM; MALE; PRECURSOR; SUPPLEMENTATION; TURNOVER TIME; AGED; BIOSYNTHESIS; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; DIET SUPPLEMENTATION; DRUG EFFECTS; EVALUATION STUDY; INTRAVENOUS DRUG ADMINISTRATION; ISOTOPE LABELING; KIDNEY; METABOLISM; MIDDLE AGED;

ADMINISTRATION, INTRAVENOUS; AGED; ARGININE; CITRULLINE; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; DIETARY SUPPLEMENTS; DIPEPTIDES; EVALUATION STUDIES AS TOPIC; FEMALE; GLUTAMINE; HUMANS; ISOTOPE LABELING; KIDNEY; MALE; MIDDLE AGED;

EID: 84908124672     PISSN: 00029165     EISSN: 19383207     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3945/ajcn.113.081547     Document Type: Article

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