Objective: Arginine supplementation seems logical in situations where this amino acid
becomes essential, for example after massive intestinal resection. Arginine is taken up and …

Abstract Background: In 2017, a European Food Safety Authority (EFSA) opinion on the use
of glutamate and its salts as food additives led to an Acceptable Daily Intake (ADI) of 30 …

Oxidative stress plays an important role in the ageing of the retina and in the pathogenesis
of retinal diseases such as age‐related macular degeneration (ARMD). Hydrogen peroxide …

Objective: Immune-enhancing diets (IEDs) rich in arginine (ARG) reduce morbi-mortality in
trauma and surgical patients. Among the pharmaconutrients inducing these effects, ARG …

To study the influence on lipid metabolism and platelet aggregation of the fatty acid
isomerization that occurs during heat treatment, weanling rats were fed for 8 wk a diet …

To gain further insight into the ability of ornithine α-ketoglutarate (OKG) to generate key
metabolites, the aim of this work was to study the short-term metabolism, that is, 1 hour after …

Existing methods for simultaneous measurements of retinol and α-tocopherol in enteral
formulas require large sample and solvent volumes and are time-consuming and costly. We …

Three trans isomers of eicosapentaenoic acid (EPA) were added to rat platelets stimulated
with arachidonic acid (AA) in order to compare their effects on platelet aggregation and on …

Adequate nutritional support is a major challenge in brain injury patients, because
malnutrition cannot be reversed by standard enteral nutrition. We hypothesized that an …

Ornithine α-ketoglutarate (OKG) is a salt composed of 2 molecules of ornithine (ORN) and
one molecule of α-ketoglutarate (αKG). OKG has been used successfully via oral, enteral …