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The free amino acids in eccrine sweat collected from the forearms of 20 healthy trained and 20 healthy untrained men during controlled exercise were determined quantitatively using ion exchange column chromatography. Sweat was deproteinized by adding an equal volume of 5% sulphosalicylic acid.
The amino acid concentrations showed a constant qualitative pattern in sweat and large individual differences. Essential amino acids, such as isoleucine, leucine, lysine, methionine, phenylalanine, and valine were excreted in relatively small amounts.
As compared to the trained men, untrained men showed statistically significantly higher concentrations in sweat for the following amino acids: Alanine, arginine, glycine, histidine, isoleucine, leucine, lysine, ornithine, phenylalanine, serine, taurine, threonine, tyrosine, and valine. No significant differences were found for citrulline, cystine, ethanolamine, and methionine.
The comparison of the amino acid excretions in sweat obtained under controlled exercise and in urine showed that the amounts of amino acids excreted in sweat under controlled exercise were comparable to the losses of amino acids in urine.
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This research was supported by grants from the Deutsche Forschungsgemeinschaft, D-5300 Bonn 2, Federal Republic of Germany
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Liappis, N., Kelderbacher, S.D., Kesseler, K. et al. Quantitative study of free amino acids in human eccrine sweat excreted from the forearms of healthy trained and untrained men during exercise. Europ. J. Appl. Physiol. 42, 227–234 (1979). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF00423292
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