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Glutamine

Known as: L-2-aminoglutaramic acid, L-glutamic acid ?-amide, (S)-2-Aminopentane-dioic acid 5-amide 
A nonessential amino acid. Glutamine can donate the ammonia on its side chain to the formation of urea (for eventual excretion by the kidneys) and to… 
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Amino Acids
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Highly Cited
2008
Highly Cited
2008
Protective effect of an antioxidative peptide purified from gastrointestinal digests of oyster, Crassostrea gigas against free radical induced DNA damage.
Highly Cited
1999
Highly Cited
1999
The Astroglial ASCT2 Amino Acid Transporter as a Mediator of Glutamine Efflux
Glutamine release from astrocytes is an essential part of the glutamate-glutamine cycle in the brain. Uptake of glutamine into… 
Highly Cited
1989
Highly Cited
1989
Glutamine-supplemented total parenteral nutrition improves gut immune function.
Glutamine has been demonstrated to be an important source of fuel for the gut. The purpose of this study was to evaluate the… 
Highly Cited
1986
Highly Cited
1986
In vivo determination of extracellular concentration of amino acids in the rat hippocampus. A method based on brain dialysis and computerized analysis
Highly Cited
1979
Highly Cited
1979
The metabolic fate of 13N-labeled ammonia in rat brain.
Review
1976
Review
1976
Release of substance P-like immunoreactivity from isolated spinal cord of newborn rat
EVIDENCE is accumulating that substance P (H–Arg–Pro–Lys–Pro–Gln–Gln–Phe–Phe–Gly–Leu–Met–NH2)1 is an excitatory transmitter… 
Highly Cited
1975
Highly Cited
1975
Isolation and characterization of a new pancreatic polypeptide hormone.
Highly Cited
1974
Highly Cited
1974
Uptake and metabolism of plasma glutamine by the small intestine.
Abstract An isolated, vascularly perfused preparation of rat intestine extracted large amounts of glutamine (75 µmoles per hour… 
Highly Cited
1968
Highly Cited
1968
Porcine Proinsulin: Characterization and Amino Acid Sequence
Proinsulin in nearly homogeneous form has been isolated from a preparation of porcine insulin. A molecular weight close to 9100… 
Highly Cited
1965
Highly Cited
1965
SUBCELLULAR DISTRIBUTION OF THE ENZYMES OF THE GLUTAMIC ACID, GLUTAMINE AND γ‐AMINOBUTYRIC ACID CYCLES IN RAT BRAIN *
RECENT studies have stressed the important physiological role of certain amino acids in the brain. Analytical determinations… 
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