How to Use glutamine in a Sentence

glutamine

noun
  • Adding magnesium and glutamine changed the game.
    — Neetika Walter, Interesting Engineering, 8 Sep. 2025
  • Bone broth contains gelatin, collagen, and amino acids like glutamine.
    — Lindsay Curtis, Health, 7 Feb. 2026
  • Composed of glucose and an amino acid called glutamine, these molecules are used by the body to build new cells.
    — Ramon Sun, The Conversation, 9 June 2026
  • That’s got your biotin, your collagen, your glutamine, your niacinamide.
    — Roxanne Adamiyatt, Town & Country, 23 Feb. 2019
  • Your body naturally contains more glycine and glutamine, but cysteine can be in short supply.
    — Good Housekeeping, 10 Feb. 2023
  • This is due to their high levels of amino acids, such as glutamine, says cosmetic chemist Ginger King.
    — Sarah Kinonen, Allure, 1 May 2017
  • Amino acids, such as arginine and glutamine, are essential for overall immune function.
    — Jillian Kubala, Health, 16 Dec. 2024
  • Cellucor Whey Sport is a high-quality protein that includes a unique blend of glutamine and electrolytes.
    — Amber Smith, Discover Magazine, 5 Dec. 2022
  • There’s also astaxanthin combined with glutamine and leucine—amino acids that may also play a role in exercise recovery.
    — Isabel Vasquez Rd Ldn, Verywell Health, 9 July 2024
  • Certain proteins and amino acids, such as glutamine, arginine, and phenylalanine, can boost GLP-1 release.
    — Sarah Jividen, Health, 17 July 2024
  • Crystals formed after heating an ethanol-and-water solution containing L-glutamine and beta-alanine.
    — Andrea Gawrylewski, Scientific American, 15 Oct. 2020
  • Consuming collagen is a particularly great way to get more conditional amino acids, like arginine, glutamine, glycine and proline.
    — Better Health Market, Detroit Free Press, 30 July 2019
  • Afterwards, Manzi will either have almond butter with a banana or a shake with blueberries, bananas, almond milk, collagen, glutamine, and flax.
    — Mallory Arnold, Outside Online, 21 Dec. 2022
  • The glutamic acid is substituted by the polar uncharged amino acid glutamine (E484Q).
    — William A. Haseltine, Forbes, 12 Apr. 2021
  • Cellucor Whey Sport is a high-quality protein that not only includes a unique blend of glutamine and electrolytes, but is also gluten-free for those with dietary restrictions.
    — Amber Smith, Discover Magazine, 5 Dec. 2022
  • Starting in the 1950s, researchers tried to turn tumors’ glutamine dependence against them, developing drugs to block its metabolism.
    — Mitch Leslie, Science | AAAS, 7 Nov. 2019
  • It’s formulated with a top notch formula, including creatine, L-tauraine, L-glutamine, and beta-alanine.
    — The Salt Lake Tribune, 28 Oct. 2022
  • This long cooking time breaks down collagen and other connective tissues, extracting minerals like calcium, magnesium and phosphorus, along with amino acids such as glycine, proline and glutamine.
    — Sandra Rose Salathe, Flow Space, 26 Dec. 2024
  • The new implant, called CitraBoneQMg, combines magnesium and glutamine with citric acid to stimulate bone regrowth.
    — Neetika Walter, Interesting Engineering, 8 Sep. 2025
  • Ammonia is stored in your liver as glutamine (the most abundant amino acid, a building block of protein, in your body) and it’s regularly released into your urine—so when you’re dehydrated, a higher concentration of ammonia builds up in your pee.
    — Korin Miller, SELF, 21 Aug. 2017
  • Other creatine supplements on the market may, however, contain additional ingredients meant to enhance exercise performance, such as the amino acids glutamine and taurine.
    — Tamar Kane, Ms, Verywell Health, 25 Jan. 2024
  • There are many other supplements that can be beneficial for post-workout recovery, including protein powder, branched-chain amino acids (BCAAs), and glutamine.
    — Amber Smith, Discover Magazine, 15 Dec. 2022
  • People with Huntington’s Disease have a genetic mutation that encodes for a protein, Huntington, that contains far too many of the amino acid glutamine, a common building block for proteins.
    — Matt Hrodey, Discover Magazine, 7 July 2023
  • And Susie points to recent research that highlights how bone broth contains amino acids like glutamine, glycine, proline, histidine and arginine, which can collectively be helpful with immune function, tissue repair and muscle recovery.
    — Daryl Austin, USA Today, 6 June 2026
  • Naked Gut contains seven natural ingredients that support optimal gut function, including prebiotic fibers, probiotics, glutamine, and inulin.
    — Amber Smith, Discover Magazine, 4 Nov. 2022
  • However, the active ingredient in Endari—L-glutamine—is an old chemical that can be purchased over the counter, which could complicate Emmaus’s ability to obtain insurance coverage.
    — Adam Feuerstein, Scientific American, 7 July 2017
  • Ingredients in Kind’s GLP-1 Patches include berberine, pomegranate, and L-glutamine extract, all of which have been shown to aid in the production of GLP-1, a naturally occurring hormone that regulates appetite.
    — Fortesa Latifi, Rolling Stone, 9 Aug. 2025

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