Glutamine and glutamate: Nonessential or essential amino acids?

Animal Nutrition

Volumn 1, Issue 3, 2015, Pages 119-122

  Watford, Malcolm ^a  

^a RUTGERS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Amino acid; Glutamate; Glutamine; Growth; Lactation; Pregnancy

Indexed keywords

EID: 84983320184     PISSN: 24056545     EISSN: 24056383     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.aninu.2015.08.008     Document Type: Review

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