THE EFFECT OF GLUTAMINE SUPPLEMENT ON CHANGES IN LEVELS OF PLASMA GLUTAMINE ‎AND IMMUNE FACTORS IN WRESTLING

The purpose of this research was to investigate the effect of glutamine supplement on ‎changes in levels of plasma glutamine and immune factors in an athlete group. ‎Subjects of the research were 20 wrestler, between aged 19 and 22, randomly divided ‎in to control and test groups. They took part in training program of 16 sessions of ‎exercise. The test group used the supplement and the control group used the placebo. ‎Before the program the blood samples of subjects were taken to determine the level of ‎plasma glutamine and concentration of louchocytes, lymphocytes and nutrophils. At ‎the end of the first session of training and also before and after 16th session of ‎training, blood samples were gathered. Subjects trained every day for 90 min and used ‎the supplement or placebo at the end of the exercise. The collected data, were ‎analyzed with ANOVA single factor (α=0.05). The result showed that the level of ‎plasma glutamine after. The exercise in the 1st and 16th session reduced in control ‎groups (P<0.01), but remind near to the rest level in test group. Changes of immune ‎factors were similar in two groups. The rest level of glutamine at the end of training ‎program reduced in control groups. The rest level of glutamine at the end of training ‎ program reduced in control group (P<0.001) and increased in test group. It does not ‎appear that use of glutamine may prevent changes in immune factors. This finding ‎does not reveal relation between reduced levels of plasma glutamine and immune ‎factors‏.‏