I . Pooled samples of eggs from White Leghorn and New Hampshire hens given diets containing 110 and zoo g protein/kg were analysed for their content of essential amino acids. 2. The amino acid composition of the hen’s egg protein was not significantly affected by variations in breed and diet. 3. The estimated values for lysine, total sulphur-containing amino acids and tryptophan in egg protein ...

1,-Glutamate is now well established as the predominant transmitter at fast-acting excitatory synapses in the mammalian central nervous system. Other amino acids such as L-aspartate and several acidic sulphur-containing amino acids (SAAs) which exhibit potent depolarizing actions similar to that of Lglutamate [I-31 are known to exist in the brain and/or are present in the brain under pathologic...