478 H. H. TALLAN 
TABLE III 
AMINO ACIDS AND RELATED COMPOUNDS IN NERVOUS TISSUE 
Concentrations in wmoles/g. Reference numbers indicated between (). N.D., none-detectable. 



Squid giant 
Man Hen Hen Tor- nerve 
Compound frontal Cat Mouse Rat brawn Hen brain spinal sciatic  toise Frog Fish axoplasm 
lobe brain brain cord nerve brain brain brain Loligo Dosi- 
dicus 
p-Alanine | NED aa! | 
(160) | | 
fp-Aminoiso- 0.0097, | | 
butyric acid (160) | 
a-Amino-n- 0.019 0.05 
butyric acid (160) (46) 
Arginine 0.080 |0.003—0.20 INS: 0.10 |0.069 |0.075 3.46 |4.32 
(160) |_| (29, 33, 426, | (126) | (126) (126) (126) (46) (46) 
149, 150, 178) 
Cystine 0.05 (94) 
Dihydroxy-  |0.001 | 
phenyl- (122) 
alanine 
Glycocyamine 0.03, 0.14, 
0.26-0.51 | | 
| (29, 30, 33) 
Histidine 0.058 0.055—-0.17 NED. N.D. |N.D. |0.30 
(160) (33, 126, 149, |(126) (126) |(126) | (126) | 
150, 178) 
Isoleucine 0.18 |0.092 0.048-0.067, |0.11 N.D. |0.099 |0.21 1) 
(127) | (160) 0.12 (126, (126) (126) |(126) | (126) | 
| T49, 150, 178) | Re 0.21 
Leucine 0.56 |0.14 |0.073 |0.067—0.26 0.076, 0.18 |o.14 |N.D. |o.099 |0.30 | {(46)| { (46) 
|(127) |(160) |(106) |(28, 126, 136, |0.19 (136) | (136) | (126) | (126) | (126) | | 
149, 150,178) |(126, 136) | 
Lysine 0.14 |0.26 |0.12—-0.22 (126,| 0.12 N.D. |0.082 |0.21 |2.6 |0.22 
(160) (105) 149, 150, 178) (126) (126) |(126) |(126) (46) (46) 
Methionine 0.10 0.058—0.094 0.54 |0.32 
(160) | __|(149, 150, 178) (46) (46) 
Ornithine 0.023 1.95 0.32 
(160) (46) (46) 
Phenylalanine 0.001 0.054—-0.091 0.65 0.16 
|(160) | (149, 150, 178) (46) (46) 
Proline |N.D. 0.12-0.15 1.08 |0.11 
(160) (149, 150, 178) (46) (46) 
Sarcosine 0.30 
(160) 
Taurocyamine 0.03 (29) 
Tryptophane N.D. 0.016—0.030 
(160) (149, 150, 178) | 
Tyrosine 0.055 0.06—0.14 0.14 0.14 0.76 |0.32 
(160) (28, 94, 136, | (136) (136) | (46) (46) 
149, 150, 178) 
Valine 0.15 0.09—0.21, 0.26 0.23 |0.15 2-4 0.53 
(160) 0/514(285 57, |\(236) (136) | (136) (46) (46) 
| 94, 136, 149, 
150, 178) 












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