Glutamine is the most abundant and versatile amino acid in the body. In health and disease,
the rate of glutamine consumption by immune cells is similar or greater than glucose. For …

Under stress conditions, the metabolic demand for nutrients increases, which, if not met, may
slow down or indeed stop the wound from healing, thus, becoming chronic wounds. This …

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ABSTRACT A concentration-function approach to vitamin C (ascorbate) has yielded new
physiology and pharmacology discoveries. To determine the range of vitamin C …

A 67-year-old woman with type 2 diabetes mellitus undergoes extensive bowel resection for
mesenteric ischemia. Tube feedings are associated with adverse effects, and central venous …

Introduction The potential benefit of parenteral glutamine (GLN) supplementation has been
one of the most commonly studied nutritional interventions in the critical care setting. The …

BACKGROUND & AIMS: Glutamine supplementation has been associated with reduced
mortality, infections and hospital length of stay in critically ill patients and patients …

Background Glutamine is a non‐essential amino acid which is abundant in the healthy
human body. There are studies reporting that plasma glutamine levels are reduced in …

Background & aims Early randomised controlled trials (RCTs) testing whether parenteral
nutrition regimens that include glutamine dipeptides improves the outcomes of critically ill …

Objective: The aim of this study was to assess the clinical efficacy of alanine-glutamine
dipeptide-supplemented total parenteral nutrition defined by the occurrence of nosocomial …