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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Apr. 26, 2016
Filed:
May. 22, 2009
Applicant:
John Griffith Jones, Coimbra, PT;
Inventor:
John Griffith Jones, Coimbra, PT;
Assignee:
BIOCANT-ASSOCIAÇÃO DE TRANSFERÊNCIA DE TECNOLOGIA, Cantanhede, PT;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G01N 24/08 (2006.01); G01R 33/465 (2006.01); G01N 33/60 (2006.01); G01N 33/68 (2006.01); G01N 33/94 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G01R 33/465 (2013.01); G01N 33/60 (2013.01); G01N 33/6812 (2013.01); G01N 33/6893 (2013.01); G01N 33/94 (2013.01); G01N 24/08 (2013.01); G01N 2500/00 (2013.01); G01N 2800/04 (2013.01); Y10T 436/24 (2015.01);
Abstract
The present invention relates to methods of distinguishing between glutamine formed by cataplerosis or proteolysis. Sample from a subject may be assayed for deuteriated glutamine (following administration of deuteriated water (HO) and an agent that promotes excretion of glutamine from the subject). The methods are useful in clinical settings (e.g. to test whether or not patients are suffering from proteolysis or whether athletes are abusing anabolic drugs); and may be adapted for screening test compounds for cataplerotic or proteolytic activity.