ea0056p579 | Obesity | ECE2018
Leite Jaqueline Santos Moreira
, Takahashi Hilton
, de Araujo Layanne Cabral da C
, Junior Jose Donato
, Cruzat Vinicius Fernandes
, Carpinelli Angelo Rafael
Introduction: The availability of the bodys most abundant amino acid, glutamine is compromised in obesity-associated diabetes. This may impair glucose metabolism by increasing hepatic insulin resistance, oxidative stress and the development of nonalcoholic fatty liver disease (NAFLD).Objective: Evaluate the effects of free and dipeptide (DIP, L-alanyl-L-glutamine) forms of L-glutamine on glucose metaboli...