Plasma alpha amino-n-butyric acid: leucine ratio. Normal values in alcoholics.
A gas--liquid chromatographic method was developed and employed to determine the plasma ratio of alpha-amino-n-butyric acid to leucine in 40 alcoholic patients and 9 healthy controls. The findings did not support the hypothesis that the ratio may be an empirical marker for alcoholism.
D000437:Alcoholism / Q000097:blood*; D000613:Aminobutyrates / Q000097:blood*; D002849:Chromatography, Gas / Q000379:methods; D002852:Chromatography, Ion Exchange / Q000379:methods; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D007930:Leucine / Q000097:blood*; D008107:Liver Diseases / Q000097:blood; D008297:Male
D000613:Aminobutyrates; D007930:Leucine