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AN IMPROVED MICROBIOLOGICAL ASSAY FOR FORMIMINOGLUTAMIC ACID
Author(s) -
Davis RE,
Onesti P
Publication year - 1960
Publication title -
australian journal of experimental biology and medical science
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.999
H-Index - 104
eISSN - 1440-1711
pISSN - 0004-945X
DOI - 10.1038/icb.1960.24
Subject(s) - glutamine , urine , glutamic acid , excretion , lactobacillus , chemistry , folic acid , chromatography , biochemistry , microbiology and biotechnology , food science , biology , medicine , amino acid , fermentation
SUMMARY A microbiological assay for formiminoglutamic acid using Lactobacillus arabinosus as test organism is described. The method can be used to detect formiminoglutamic acid in urine when other growth‐promoting substances such as glutamic acid and glutamine are present. By use of this method, the urinary excretion of formiminoglutamic acid can be regularly detected in folic acid‐deficient rats.