Epithelial and other cells of the gastrointestinal mucosa rely on both luminal and
bloodstream sources for their nutrition. The term functional food is used to describe nutrients …

Oxidative stress is related to several pathologies and it is also associated with surgical
operations. Reactive oxygen species generated during oxidative stress can induce severe …

Exacerbation of hypoxic injury after reoxygenation is a crucial mechanism mediating organ
injury in transplantation, and in myocardial, hepatic, gastrointestinal, cerebral, renal, and …

Preservation of the pylorus at the time of pancreaticoduodenectomy has been associated
with equal oncological outcomes when compared to the classical Whipple operation …

Glutathione is quantitatively the most important antioxidant and scavenger. In addition it has
a number of important functions in amino acid transport across membranes, in protein …

OBJECTIVE: We investigated the effect of glutamine supplementation on plasma glutamine
(Gln), glutamate (Glu), and whole-blood glutathione (GSH) concentrations in human …

BACKGROUND: It has been reported that glycine may protect donor small intestine against
hypothermic ischemia before transplantation. This is consistent with the documented role of …

Glutamine serves as a shuttle of useful nontoxic nitrogen, supplying nitrogen from glutamine‐
producing (eg, muscle) to glutamine‐consuming tissues. True production rates of glutamine …

BACKGROUND: Total parenteral nutrition (TPN) alters gut cytokines and mucosal immunity
and increases intercellular adhesion molecule‐1 (ICAM‐1) expression, gut neutrophil levels …

Acute myocardial infarction (AMI) is strongly associated with atherosclerosis, and is
responsible for significant morbidity and mortality worldwide. The pathogenic mechanisms …