Glutathione status in critically-ill patients: possibility of modulation by antioxidants

• Published in: Proceedings of the Nutrition Society Vol. 58; no. 3; pp. 677 - 680
• Main Authors: Wernerman, Jan, Luo, Jia-Li, Hammarqvist, Folke
• Format: Journal Article Conference Proceeding
• Language: English
• Published: Cambridge, UK Cambridge University Press 01.08.1999
• Subjects: analytical methods; antioxidants; Antioxidants - pharmacology; biochemical pathways; Clinical Nutrition and Metabolism Group Symposium on ‘Nutrition and antioxidants’; Critical Illness; glutamine; Glutamine - metabolism; glutathione; Glutathione - metabolism; Humans; metabolism; Muscle, Skeletal; Muscle, Skeletal - metabolism; Nutritional Status; Oxidation-Reduction; patients; pharmacology; redox potential; skeletal muscle; Critically ill; Skeletal muscle; Glutathione; Glutamine

Muscle tissue serves as a protein reservoir which is mobilized to meet the specific metabolic needs associated with various catabolic conditions in human subjects, such as trauma and critical illness. Glutathione is one of the most abundant short-chain peptides and a major source of non-protein thio...