Method of treating disorders of the animal or human body by administering amino acids

摘要

PCT No. PCT/NL95/00015 Sec. 371 Date Oct. 10, 1996 Sec. 102(e) Date Oct. 10, 1996 PCT Filed Jan. 11, 1995 PCT Pub. No. WO95/18608 PCT Pub. Date Jul. 13, 1995The invention relates to the use of glutamine or a glutamine equivalent for the treatment of disease states where there is a decreased blood flow to the liver or where there are low arginine plasma levels. Such disease states comprise systemic inflammation, high plasma arginase level, bacteremia, jaundice, liver transplantation, increased cytokine production or liver steatosis.