Amino Acid Analysis
Common natural Amino Acids and related compounds
In all types of samples free and total (bound) amino acids can be analysed.
Standard testing includes up to 42 amino acids and related compounds which are:
Common (natural) amino acids | Amino acid related compounds |
Aspartic acid | Phosphoserine |
Threonine | Taurine |
Serine | Phosphoethanolamine |
Asparagine | Hydroxyproline |
Glutamic acid | Sarcosine |
Glutamine | α-aminoadipic acid |
Cysteine | Citrulline |
Proline | α-aminobutyric acid |
Glycine | Homocitrulline |
Alanine | Cystathionine |
Valine | β-alanine |
Cystine | β-aminobutyric acid |
Methionine | Homocystine |
Isoleucine | γ-aminobutyric acid (GABA) |
Leucine | Ethanolamine |
Tyrosine | Hydroxylysine |
Phenylalanine | Ornithine |
Lysine | 1-Methylhistidine |
Histidine | 3-Methylhistidine |
Tryptophan | Anserine |
Arginine | Carnosine |