L-Glutamine 60 capsules 1000 mg

Amino acids are fundamental to life, used by the body to build proteins. Proteins are needed to form cells and are part of the chemical structure of hormones, enzymes, neurotransmitters and antibodies. Glutamine (abbreviated Gln or Q) is one of 20 amino acids involved in the composition of proteins and has reference codons in the genetic code; it is a side chain of an amide of glutamic acid, formed by replacing the hydroxyl of glutamic acid with an aminal functional group.

This amino acid in a dietary supplement serves to keep the muscles that are exercised from losing volume. On certain occasions, such as stress, trauma or infection, it can be considered "semi-essential". It is used in cases where some ailments have put a patient to bed for a long period of time. Bodybuilding athletes use it because of its muscle-building effects, as well as in cancer and AIDS patients.