D-amino Acid Levels in Human Physiological Fluids

Author

Nuran Ercal, Missouri University of Science and TechnologyFollow
Daniel W. Armstrong, Missouri University of Science and TechnologyFollow
Mary Gasper
Sun Haing Lee
Janusz Zukowski

Abstract

Plasma, urine, cerebrospinal fluid (CSF), and amniotic fluid were examined to determine whether free D-amino acids were present and if so at what levels. It was found that D-amino acids exist in all physiological fluids tested, but that their level varied, considerably. the lowest levels of D-amino acids were usually found in amniotic fluid or CSF (almost always 90%). Correspondingly high levels of D-pipecolic acid were not found in plasma. Some of the trends found in this work seemed to be analogous to those found in a recent rodent study.

Recommended Citation

N. Ercal et al., "D-amino Acid Levels in Human Physiological Fluids," Chirality, Wiley-Blackwell, Jan 1993.

The definitive version is available at https://doi.org/10.1002/chir.530050519

Department(s)

Chemistry

International Standard Serial Number (ISSN)

0899-0042

Document Type

Article - Journal

Document Version

Citation

File Type

text

Language(s)

English

Rights

© 1993 Wiley-Blackwell, All rights reserved.

Publication Date

01 Jan 1993