Effect of glutamine on the total antioxidant system of rats subjected to renal ischemia and reperfusion.

Purpose: To evaluate the protective effects of glutamine administered before renal ischemia-reperfusion on plasma antioxidant protection, and lung and renal tissue injury.

Methods: 33 rats underwent right nephrectomy. On the eighth postoperative day, animals were randomized into three groups (n=11): glutamine, control and sham.