RecoveryNot approvedEvidence tier: Human RCT

Glutamine Peptide (Alanyl-L-Glutamine)

Last updated October 21, 2026. Approval line checked October 21, 2026. No compounding source date is assigned.

FDA status

Not approved

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Evidence tier

Human RCT. The tier is the highest indexed study type. It is not a safety rating and it is not an FDA approval. Confidence score 4/5. 89 PubMed citations indexed.

Glutamine Peptide (Alanyl-L-Glutamine) in the literature

Alanyl-L-glutamine (Ala-Gln) is a dipeptide form of L-glutamine with approximately 2-fold higher plasma bioavailability than free glutamine due to enhanced intestinal dipeptide transporter (PepT1) upt

What the literature studies

Recovery Research

Evidence tier

Human RCT

Compounding record

Status not verified

Confidence
4/5

Regulatory record

Status not verified. No product-specific FDA primary source is recorded for this entry. FDA approval and compounding eligibility are not verified. Research information is not evidence of FDA approval. Approval, where applicable, is specific to a drug product, indication and route. Research information is not evidence of FDA approval. Approval, where applicable, is specific to a drug product, indication and route.

Regulatory source not verified; no checked date is assigned.

Therapeutic benefits are most pronounced in clinical catabolic stress states (surgery, burns, critical illness); beneficial effects in healthy or lightly exercising populations are

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