title: Amino acid pattern in human aqueous humor of patients with senile cataract and primary open-angle glaucoma.
abstract: 21 amino acids have been determined in aqueous humor obtained during microsurgical intraocular procedures in 30 patients with senile cataract and 27 patients with primary open-angle glaucoma. All individual amino acids showed higher levels in the glaucomas than in the cataracts: this is valid at 2p less than 0.05 for threonine, serine, asparagine, glutamine, methionine, tyrosine, phenylalanine, histidine, tryptophan, and arginine.
mesh_terms: D000368:Aged; D000596:Amino Acids / Q000032:analysis*; D001082:Aqueous Humor / Q000032:analysis*; D002386:Cataract / Q000378:metabolism*; D005260:Female; D005902:Glaucoma, Open-Angle / Q000378:metabolism*; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged
chemical_list: D000596:Amino Acids