Influence of Protein Intake and Renal Function on Plasma Amino Acids in Patients with Renal Impairment and after Kidney Transplantation
- 1 January 1978
- journal article
- research article
- Published by S. Karger AG in Annals of Nutrition and Metabolism
- Vol. 22 (5) , 278-287
- https://doi.org/10.1159/000176223
Abstract
A group of 17 patients with chronic renal impairment and a group of 11 patients surviving for 3-7 years after kidney transplantation were examined. In all patients plasma amino acids were analyzed. The ratio of essential/nonessential amino acids, the valine/glycine ratio and Whitehead’s quotient are influenced above all by the dietary protein intake. Raised citrulline and 3-methylhistidine values were not influenced by the protein intake, while they correlate with indicators of renal function. Changes detected after kidney transplantation are analogous.This publication has 1 reference indexed in Scilit:
- The History of the Discovery of the Amino Acids II. A Review of Amino Acids Described Since 1931 as Components of Native ProteinsAdvances in Protein Chemistry, 1972