Amino acid patterns in the plasma of old and new world primates

Abstract

1.1. Fasting plasma amino acid levels were determined in one New World (squirrel monkey) and four Old World (rhesus and talapoin monkeys, chimpanzees, and stump-tailed macaques) subhuman primate species. The values were compared with those for normal human subjects.2.2. Few qualitative differences were observed between man and the simian species and among the latter species in the 29 plasma constituents measured.3.3. Numerous quantitative differences between man and the simian species and among the latter species were observed.