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Glutamine metabolism during pregnancy and lactation. Increased dietary intake provides glutamine and glutamate for the small intestine, but skeletal muscle provides most of the circulating glutamine that is derived from other amino acids, including those from both the diet and muscle proteolysis. The size of the arrows indicates a rough estimate of the magnitude of glutamine flux.
