Influence of total parenteral nutrition enriched with glutamine or glutamate on amino acid metabolism and nitrogen balance in seriously ill patients

Abstract

Metabolic clearance of exogenous GLU is very high and depends on the rate of GLU administration. GLU was effectively metabolized when its dosage was increased from 4 g to 19,6 g per day.

Keywords

• glutamic acid
• glutamine
• amino acid clearance
• nitrogen balance
• peranteral nutrition