AMINO ACID PROFILE, QUANTITATIVE
This panel is used to monitor body functions and nutritional status.
In the body, certain inborn errors can result in the loss of a specific enzyme or transport activity. These errors can manifest as an alteration of normal metabolism of one or more amino acids. The identification of one or more of these metabolites is useful for the detection of these inborn errors of metabolism. Increased amino acid concentrations in plasma may reflect inherited metabolic abnormalities, as in the tyrosemias or phenylketonuria. This panel inclides the following amino acids:
| alanine |
|
hydroxylysine |
| beta-alanine |
|
hydroxyproline |
| amino-beta-guanidino-propionic acid |
|
isoleucine |
| alpha-amino-N-butyric acid |
|
leucine |
| alpha-aminoadipic acid |
|
lysine |
| gamma-aminobutyric acid |
|
methionine |
| beta-aminoisobutyric acid |
|
1-methylhistidine |
| anserine |
|
3-methylhistidine |
| arginine |
|
ornithine |
| asparagine |
|
phenylalanine |
| aspartic acid |
|
phosphoethanolamine |
| carnosine |
|
phosphoserine |
| citrulline |
|
proline |
| cystathionine |
|
sarcosine |
| cystine |
|
serine |
| glutamic acid |
|
taurine |
| glutamine |
|
threonine |
| glycine |
|
tyrosine |
| histidine |
|
tryptophan |
| homocystine |
|
valine |
