In a previous study , we have found that glutamine supplementation decreased the infection rate in very low birth weight (VLBW) infants.
The aim of the study was to determine the effect of enteral glutamine supplementation on plasma amino acid concentrations , reflecting one aspect of safety of enteral glutamine supplementation in VLBW infants.
Glutamine is one of the most abundant amino acids in both plasma and human milk and may be conditionally essential in premature infants.
The data show that small changes (-66 pg/ml and +50 pg/ml) in basal glucagon concentrations cause plasma amino acid concentrations to change in opposite directions.
In experiments with whole animals infested with a highly malignant strain of Ehrlich ascites tumor cells , serial concentrations of amino acids were determined for host plasma , ascitic fluid , and tumor cells , throughout tumor development.
The amount of ammonium ion in both plasma and ascites fluid from mice inoculated with Ehrlich ascites cancer was studied.
The effect of NH4 + on M2-pyruvate kinase isolated from Ehrlich ascites tumor cells was investigated.