Amino acids - chromatography

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Eurofins Biomnis code

AAS

Synonyms
  • .
  • Aminogram
Specialty

Analytical Chemistry

Clinical significance

There are a total of 20 amino acids. Of these, 8 are referred to as essential (leucine, isoleucine, lysine, methionine, phenylalanine, threonine, tryptophan and valine) because they can only be obtained from food and therefore must be present in the diet. Amino acid levels are highly variable and their metabolism is dependent on hormonal, metabolic and dietary factors. Pathological modifications of amino acids may be due to either metabolic problems (impaired kidney or liver function) or enzyme deficiencies.

Preanalytics
  • 1 mL :
  • heparinised plasma (do not use tubes with gel separators)
  •   FROZEN
  • 1 hour
  • A tube specifically for this analysis : Yes
Further information

Enclose the specific clinical information form (R1-INTGB : Amino Acids - Organic Acids)
Fasting sample
Sample to be frozen within 1 hour. Home sampling is not advisable.
1 individual aliquot for this analysis.

Documents to download
Methodology

UPLC-MS

Turnaround time

1 week

Testing Laboratory

Biomnis Lyon

Contact(s)
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