Eurofins Biomnis code

ILEU

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 :
• Heparin Plasma
•   FROZEN
• 1 hour

• A tube specifically for this analysis : Yes

Further information

Enclose the specific clinical information form (R1-INTGB : Amino Acids - Organic Acids)
Sample in a fasting state (for infants, draw sample 3-4 hours after bottle)
Sample to be frozen within 1 hour. Home sampling is not advisable.
1 individual aliquot for this analysis.

Documents to download

• Specific clinical information form (R1-INTGB)

Methodology

HPLC - High Performance Liquid Chromatography

Turnaround time

1 week