[Effect of the nutritional supplementation with glicine and glutamine, oral feeding, in the colonic cicatrization in rabbits].

Objective: To evaluate the effect of two amino-acids, glycine and glutamine, in the epithelialization of the colonic mucosa, size of the scar area, fibrous as well as the tensile strength of the intestinal anastomoses, after the removal of 17 cm of the colon and an end-to-end with interrupted suture.

Methods: Forty five male adult rabbits varying between 24 and 28 weeks of age with the starting average weight of 2,362 grams were randomly distributed into five groups, according to their respective type of feeding. Two animals died in each group due to different complications.