FUNCTION OF GLUTAMINE

What is the function of glutamine?

As in the main topic Glutamine described is the Glutamic acid around a amino acidthat can be synthesized by the body itself.

Intensive training creates catabolic situations that cause the cell toxin ammonia to be released. The glutamic acid absorbs the released ammonia. This uptake creates glutamine, which counteracts neuromuscular damage that can be caused by ammonia. Glutamine eventually gets through the blood circulation in the liverwhere it is formed back to glutamic acid.

In cases of intensive training (= catabolic situation) or the muscle cells lose glutamine through reduced food intake. The body needs energy, which it uses through the breakdown process Proteins Tried to get amino acids.

As part of this energy generation process, other amino acids (e.g. Arginine, Histidine, but also branched chain (BCCA´s) like Leucine and Isoleucine) converted to glutamic acid. After the glutamic acid is absorbed in the intestine, a conversion takes place Alaninewhich reaches the liver via the bloodstream and provides the required energy there.

The conversion of other amino acids creates an amino acid deficit in the body and, as a result, reduced biosynthesis with a negative nitrogen balance and increased muscle breakdown.

Glutamine supplied from outside could cause a reduced consumption of other amino acids at this point and thus also prevent the side effects described in the last paragraph (reduced biosynthesis with a negative nitrogen balance and increased muscle breakdown).