| Literature DB >> 1491056 |
A Hashimoto1, T Nishikawa, T Oka, K Takahashi, T Hayashi.
Abstract
The concurrent determination of free amino acid enantiomers and non-chiral amino acids in rat brain and serum was accomplished by high-performance liquid chromatography with fluorimetric detection after derivatization with N-tert.-butyloxycarbonyl-L-cysteine and o-phthaldialdehyde. The method revealed the presence of a large amount of free D-serine (0.22 mumol/g of tissue; D/D + L ratio = 0.25) in the brain whereas D-aspartate and D-alanine were established to be at trace levels. These results further support the presence of D-serine in adult brain tissues as demonstrated by recent work using gas chromatography.Entities:
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Year: 1992 PMID: 1491056 DOI: 10.1016/0378-4347(92)80300-f
Source DB: PubMed Journal: J Chromatogr