Can You Take Cysteine with Glutamine?
Cysteine may affect glutamine transport, monitor levels when taken together.
Glutamine level changes
Cysteine may affect glutamine transport, monitor levels when taken together.
Glutamine level changes
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Taking cysteine and glutamine together may affect how glutamine is transported in the body. Cysteine has been shown to inhibit glutamine transport at high concentrations. This may lead to changes in glutamine levels. Cysteine can inhibit glutamine transport by a Na+-dependent system, which is specific to amino acid amides and L-histidine. This inhibition occurs at high concentrations of cysteine, approximately 1000-fold excess. As a result, glutamine levels may be affected.
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