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Brandl, M. et al.

Parenteral nutrition with an amino acid solution containing a mixture of dipeptides. Evidence for efficient utilization of dipeptides in man.

Ten healthy human subjects received parenteral nutrition consisting of 80 g of a dipeptide-amino acid mixture and 900 carbohydrate calories infused over a period of 12 h, and then fasted for another period of 12 h. The dipeptides included in the mixture were: glycyl-L-glutamine, glycyl-L-tyrosine, glycyl-L-leucine, glycyl-L-isoleucine, and glycyl-L-valine. Parenteral nutrition with the dipeptide-amino acid mixture was without any adverse reaction in any of the subjects. The urinary excretion of the 5 dipeptides during parenteral nutrition ranged between 1 and 2% of the amount infused. Plasma concentrations of dipeptides during parenteral nutrition, which ranged from 8-96 microM reflected their plasma half-lives. Glycyl-L-glutamine had the longest half-life, glycyl-L-leucine and glycyl-L-tyrosine the shortest half-lives. During parenteral nutrition there were increases in plasma amino acid concentrations including those of glutamine and tyrosine. Discontinuation of parenteral nutrition resulted in the disappearance of dipeptides from plasma, and the dissipation of increased plasma amino acid concentrations. In conclusion, the present results show efficient utilization of glycyl-dipeptides as substrates for parenteral nutrition in man. The results further show that the structure of amino acids in the C-terminal position has a significant influence on the metabolism of dipeptides.[1]

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Parenteral nutrition with an amino acid solution containing a mixture of dipeptides. Evidence for efficient utilization of dipeptides in man. Brandl, M., Sailer, D., Langer, K., Engelhardt, A., Kleinhenz, H., Adibi, S.A., Fekl, W. Beiträge zu Infusionstherapie und klinische Ernährung. (1987) [Pubmed]

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