Dipeptiven® is safe in a rat model of moderate liver dysfunction

Summary: Background & aims: Administration of glutamine in patients with liver failure is thought to possibly increase blood ammonia levels, thereby contributing to hepatic encephalopathy. In a rat model of moderate liver dysfunction with elevated plasma glutamine concentrations dose-dependent...

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Main Authors: Melanie K. Bothe, Rosa Abele, Heinrich Topp, Johannes Harleman, Martin Westphal, John F. Stover
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Elsevier 2018-10-01
Series:Clinical Nutrition Experimental
Online Access:http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S2352939318300216