title: Plasma alpha amino-n-butyric acid to leucine ratio: an empirical biochemical marker of alcoholism.
abstract: The plasma ratio of alpha-amino-n-butyric acid to leucine was elevated in ambulatory and hospitalized alcoholics as well as in baboons fed alcohol along with an adequate diet. There was a statistically significant positive correlation between this ratio and the degree of alcoholism assessed by three separate medical and psychological criteria in patients maintained on methadone.
mesh_terms: D000437:Alcoholism / Q000097:blood*; D000613:Aminobutyrates / Q000097:blood*; D000818:Animals; D000431:Ethanol / Q000494:pharmacology; D000882:Haplorhini; D006801:Humans; D007930:Leucine / Q000097:blood*; D008691:Methadone / Q000494:pharmacology; D010215:Papio; D011488:Protein Deficiency / Q000097:blood
chemical_list: D000613:Aminobutyrates; D000431:Ethanol; D007930:Leucine; D008691:Methadone