l-Asparaginases of bacterial origin are a mainstay of acute lymphoblastic leukemia treatment. The mechanism of action of these enzyme drugs is associated with their capacity to deplete the amino acid l-asparagine from the blood. However, clinical use of bacterial l-asparaginases is complicated by their dual l-asparaginase and l-glutaminase activities. The latter, even though representing only ∼...

In this study, we developed a urine metabonomic method, based on gas chromatography-mass spectrometry (GC-MS), to evaluate the effect of ketamine on rats. Pattern recognition analysis, including both principal component analysis and partial least squares discriminate analysis revealed that ketamine (50 mg/kg) induced metabolic perturbations. Compared with the control group, at day 7, the level ...

Copolymers of poly(butylene succinate) (PBS) with amino acids were produced from succinic acid (1), 1,4-butanediol (2) and 1 mol% of various amino acids. Their reaction time and molecular weight, as well as thermal and mechanical properties, were studied. The reaction time for polymerization was found to increase as the amount of amino acid was increased, except when L-aspartic acid (3) was use...

Knowledge of the growth factor requirements of various lactic acid bacteria, especially Lactobacillus casei and L. arabinosus 17-5, has led to the development of useful microbiological methods for the quantitative determination of most-of the B vitamins. Recently attention has turned to the amino acid requirements of the lactobacilli. The amino acids necessary for growth of L. casei and L. arab...

A comparative research has been developed for acidity and stability constants of M(Glu), M(Asp) and M(Ttr) complexes, which have been determined by potentiometric pH titration. Depending on metal ion-binding properties, vital differences in building complex were observed. The present study indicates that in M(Ttr) complexes, metal ions are arranged to the carboxyl groups, but in M(Glu) and M(As...

Abstract Soybean ( Glycine max L ) is a legume rich in protein, fat, vitamins, minerals and fibre. The nutritional value of soybeans the amino acid profiles processed fermented soybean (Tempe) products need to be studied. Tempe flour from black soybean, local (Anjasmoro variety) imported (USA soybean) were analyzed proximately, including carbohydrates (spectrophotometric method), protein (Kjeld...

Background/Aims Amino acids have many physiological activities. We report the correlation between gastric emptying and gastric adaptive relaxation using tryptophan and amino acids with a straight alkyl chain, hydroxylated chain, and branched chain. Here we sought to further clarify the correlation between gastric emptying and gastric adaptive relaxation by using other amino acids. Methods In ...

I. Amino Acids A. Alkylamino Acids: :-Alkylamino acids, L-proline, L-valine. B. Hydroxyamino Acids: L-Serine, L-threonine, D-allothreonine, L-isoserine. C. Amino-amino Acids: L-2,3-Diaminopropionic acid, L-2,4-diaminobutyric acid. D. Carboxyamino Acids: L-Aspartic acid, 3-amino-pentanedioic acids. E. Thioamino Acids: D-Penicillamine, DOr L-methylcysteine, L-cysteine, L-methionine. F. Amido-amin...