抄録
A simple method for the determination of total amino acid contents in biological fluids which contain various amino acids, peptides and proteins is described. This method is based on the determination in a Gilson differential respirometer of CO2 gas evolved by the reaction of chloramin-T with α-amino-carboxylic acids in 5% trichloroacetic acid. The use of the trichloroacetic acid greatly suppressed interference by amines and ammonia, thus making this method appreciable to the determination of free amino acids in biological fluids without prior separation. Samples containing 1_??_20 μmoles of free amino acids can be assayed with accuracy of ±3%. This method was applied to the study of proteolytic digestion of casein.
