Open AccessBoth Growth Hormone and Exogenous Glutamine Increase Gastrointestinal Glutamine Uptake in Trauma
Author(s) -
Kjetil Unneberg,
Marianne Mjaaland,
Lise Balteskard,
Trond Jenssen,
Trine Bjøro,
Arthur Revhaug
Publication year - 1997
Publication title -
annals of surgery
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 4.153
H-Index - 309
eISSN - 1528-1140
pISSN - 0003-4932
DOI - 10.1097/00000658-199701000-00011
Subject(s) - glutamine , medicine , endocrinology , hormone , growth hormone , amino acid , biology , biochemistry
The authors studied the effect of exogenous glutamine (GLN), with and without growth hormone (GH), pretreatment, on gastrointestinal, hepatic, femoral, and renal GLN fluxes.