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Plasma amino acid levels in females
Amino acidConcentration
(nmol/mL)
Alanine 288.2
Arginine 95.8
Asparagine 129.8
Glutamate 22.4
Glutamine 835.2
Glycine 215.9
Histidine 46.7
Isoleucine 56.4
Leucine 79.6
Lysine 186.6
Methionine 31.0
Ornithine 49.0
Phenylalanine 54.2
Serine 112.4
Taurine 37.1
Threonine 140.1
Tryptophan 59.4
Tyrosine 54.0
Valine 203.1

Sample population: 10 healthy female Thai adults, aged 20–53 y. Mean age 35 y.

Data source:
Plasma amino acid patterns and visceral protein status in users and nonusers of monosodium glutamate. J Nutr 130(4S Suppl):1005S-6S, 2000. doi: 10.1093/jn/130.4.1005S