in recent years considerable interest has been focused on the plasma amino acid patterns as a possible index of protein malnutrition, in children. thus a change in the ratio of non-essential to essential amino acids is considered to be significant in the development of protein malnutrition. the present paper reports a simplified and rapid chromatographic procedure for the determination of this ...

The analgesic acetaminophen is frequently used as a model chemical to study hepatotoxicity; however, the critical mechanisms by which it produces toxicity within the cell are unknown. It has been postulated that covalent binding of a toxic metabolite to crucial proteins may inhibit vital cellular functions and may be responsible for, or contribute to, the hepatotoxicity. To further understand t...

The aldehyde dehydrogenase gene superfamily comprises of 19 genes and 3 pseudogenes. These superfamily genes play a vital role in the formation of molecules that are involved in life processes, and detoxification of endogenous and exogenous aldehydes. ALDH superfamily genes associated mutations are implicated in various diseases, such as pyridoxine-dependent seizures, gamma-hydroxybutyric acidu...

Lactate dehydrogenase isolated from vertebrate tissues catalyzes the reversible oxidation of L-lactic acid to pyruvic acid. The catalysis requires nicotinamide adenine dinucleotide (NAD’) as a coenzyme and is specific for the A-hydrogen of the nicotinamide ring (1) (Fig. 1). Although the enzyme is tetrameric, no cooperative effects have been observed between subunits (2). Each identical subunit...

background: hypothermia is an important complication during surgery, especially in children and is highly associated with serious adverse outcomes. one of the preventive methods is the intraoperative administration of amino acids, which can be effective through increasing thermogenesis and stimulating energy consumption. no studies have been conducted in this regard on children; therefore, we e...

using uv-vis spectrophotometic method, the formation constants for interaction of cd2+(aq) andco2+(aq) ions with l-alanine were experimentally studied at ph = 4.1 ± 0.01 (50mm of potassiumhydrogen phthalate buffer), ionic strength of 0.1m potassium nitrate and at 5 differenttemperatures 15,20, 25,30 and 35°c. the optical absorption spectra of mixtures containingconsidered cations and l-alanine ...

amino acids have been extensively used in several processes of the pharmaceutical and food industries. treatments for the recovery and reuse of the wastewaters generated from these processes are few and little known. this work aims at studying the influence of different variables on the sorption of l-cysteine, contained in aqueous solutions, on clinoptilolite mineral. l-cysteine (cys) was sorbe...

Chinese milk vetch (Astragalus sinicus L.) is an important leguminous green manure that frequently suffers from seasonal drought. To improve its drought tolerance, the effects of rhizobia inoculation on tolerance and underlying physiological mechanism were investigated. Drought in combination with nitrogen assimilation, free amino acids, polyamines was investigated active nodules (AN), inactive...

caviar is one of the valuable and most popular fish products all over the world that are obtained from sturgeons. nowadays, the wild resources of these fishes are diminished, therefore, to meet the demand for the product, farming sturgeons has been considered. the chemical composition and the amino acids profiles of the wild and farmed roe obtained from beluga (huso huso) were compared and the ...

an experiment was conducted to determine the dietary digestible lysine requirement of male and female broiler chickens (arian) during the period from 6 to 21 days post-hatching. an amino acid-fortified basal diet containing corn and soybean meal as intact protein sources provided 20 % cp, and 3200 kcal amen / kg. in this experiment 150 male and 150 female chicks were allocated on the basis of b...