Method of treating catabolic, gut-associated pathological processes and impaired host defenses

摘要

The invention relates to a method for treating catabolic, gut- associated pathological processes including intestinal mucosal and pancreatic atrophy and enhanced gut permeability, impairment of host defenses and compromised immune function, and for promoting recovery from bone marrow transplantation in an animal, which comprises administering to an animal a therapeutically effective amount of glutamine or an analogue thereof.