Methods and compositions for providing glutamine

• Main Authors: CABRERA RICARDO RUEDA, BAXTER JEFFREY H, PEDROSA JOSE MARIA LOPEZ
• Format: Patent
• Language: English
• Published: 17.07.2003
• Edition: 7
• Subjects: FOODS OR FOODSTUFFS; FOODS, FOODSTUFFS, OR NON-ALCOHOLIC BEVERAGES, NOT COVERED BYSUBCLASSES A23B - A23J; HUMAN NECESSITIES; HYGIENE; MEDICAL OR VETERINARY SCIENCE; PREPARATIONS FOR MEDICAL, DENTAL, OR TOILET PURPOSES; PRESERVATION OF FOODS OR FOODSTUFFS, IN GENERAL; THEIR PREPARATION OR TREATMENT, e.g. COOKING, MODIFICATION OFNUTRITIVE QUALITIES, PHYSICAL TREATMENT; THEIR TREATMENT, NOT COVERED BY OTHER CLASSES

Methods and compositions for providing glutamine supplementation to a human by orally administering an effective amount of N-acetyl-L-glutamine or a nutritionally acceptable salt thereof. The N-acetyl L-glutamine or a nutritionally acceptable salt thereof can be incorporated into any liquid composition that is suitable for human consumption. Examples of suitable compositions include aqueous solutions such as for use as oral rehydration solutions and liquid nutritional formulas (including enteral formulas, oral formulas, formulas for adults, formulas for children and formulas for infants). The quantity of N-acetyl-L-glutamine or nutritionally acceptable salt thereof can vary widely but typically, these compositions will contain sufficient N-acetyl-L-glutamine or a nutritionally acceptable salt thereof to provide at least 140 mg of total glutamine per kg of body weight per day.