Table 1 of
Kottegoda, Mol Vis 2007;
13:2073-2082.
Table 1. Perfusate amino acid levels
Basal level concentrations (mM) of free amino acids are given for vitreous and vitreoretinal interface (VRI) perfusates of the rat eye. Values were mean±standard error (SEM) and were not corrected for recovery.
Vitreous VRI (n=3)
Amino acid (n=4) (optic nerve region)
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Alanine 4.3±2.0 6.1±2.2
Arginine 1.2±0.7 1.4±1.1
Aspartate 2.3±0.5 2.6±0.6
Glutamate 1.7±0.5 1.4±0.3
Glycine 4.5±1.9 4.1±0.7
Histidine 1.0±0.3 1.2±0.4
Methionine 0.4±0.1 0.6±0.3
Phenylalanine 1.4±0.4 2.4±1.4
Tyrosine 2.3±1.0 2.8±1.8
Valine 2.3±1.0 5.7±2.7
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