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Background. Our earlier work has shown that surgical manipulation of the intestine results in oxidative stress and mucosal damage along with alterations in the brush border membrane (BBM). Glutamine feeding is known to offer protection against damage to mucosa under various conditions and this study looked at the effect of oral supplementation of glutamine or glutamic acid in the intestinal BBM alterations...