| Glutamine, the most abundant amino acid in the body, is also one of the most extensively studied, partly because of its
association with the functioning of the immune system. It appears that systemic glutamine and enteral glutamate is most extensively utilised by the small intestine. The rapidly dividing enterocytes and cells of the immune system, neutrophils, lymphocytes and macrophages, appear to utilise glutamine -derived energy to maintain membrane integrity and for other cellular processes such as phagocytosis. |