Potentiating effect of sodium glutamate on gastric secretion and its possible use as a clinical test
Shlygin, G.K.; Vasilevskaia, L.S.; Loranskaia, T.I.; Shakhovskaia, A.K.; Lebedeva, R.P.
Klinicheskaia Meditsina 69(8): 66-70
1991
ISSN/ISBN: 0023-2149 PMID: 1791714 Document Number: 376930
The authors report a potentiating effect of sodium glutamate on gastric secretion in subjects free of gastrointestinal diseases. Similar effect has been discovered in dogs. In subjects with gastric hyposecretion (chronic gastritis, functional regulatory disturbances) sodium glutamate combined with pentagastrin is a helpful tool in overall evaluation of gastric secretion. In achlorhydria it can be used for determination of a residual capacity of the stomach to secrete the hydrochloric acid in failure of humoral stimulators.