The Conjugated, Non-Protein, Amino Acids of Plasma. V. A Study of the Clinical Significance of Peptidemia

Peptidemia is a recurring concept of pathological chemistry which never has been either completely established or disproved.In a literature of about 100 papers only a few studies have been based upon methods which characterized the component measured as amino acids in conjugated forms.* Analyses upon undialyzed filtrates; hence, some protein presumably is included.t Sample supplied by Dr. Gretchen Hutchens, Children's Hospital, Boston.** Sample supplied by Dr. Nathan Talbot, Massachusetts General Hospital,