Alcohol intake, ratio of plasma alpha-amino-n-butyric acid to leucine, and gamma-glutamyl transpeptidase in nonalcoholics.
In a sample of healthy men, there appeared to be no relationship between reported drinking and the ratio of plasma alpha-amino-n-butyric acid to leucine or between this ratio and an index of liver dysfunction (gamma-glutamyl transpeptidase).
D000328:Adult; D000428:Alcohol Drinking; D000437:Alcoholism / Q000201:enzymology; D000613:Aminobutyrates / Q000097:blood*; D006801:Humans; D007930:Leucine / Q000097:blood; D008104:Liver Cirrhosis, Alcoholic / Q000201:enzymology; D008297:Male; D005723:gamma-Glutamyltransferase / Q000097:blood*
D000613:Aminobutyrates; D005723:gamma-Glutamyltransferase; D007930:Leucine