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Plasma‐free amino acid concentrations during ketamine anesthesia in the rhesus monkey: A short methodological study
Author(s) -
Berglund Lars,
GebreMedhin Mehari,
Lindberg Bo S.
Publication year - 1991
Publication title -
journal of medical primatology
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.31
H-Index - 42
eISSN - 1600-0684
pISSN - 0047-2565
DOI - 10.1111/j.1600-0684.1991.tb00529.x
Subject(s) - ketamine , amino acid , anesthesia , plasma concentration , medicine , chemistry , endocrinology , biochemistry
The effect of ketamine anesthesia on the pattern of free amino acids in plasma was investigated in four healthy non‐pregnant rhesus monkeys. Blood samples were collected at intervals during a period of 150 min both with and without anesthesia. Repeated measures analysis of variance, with time and ketamine/control as trial factors, was used. In only four amino acids were any changes with time or with ketamine treatment observed, the rest remaining unchanged. Ketamine anesthesia seemed to reduce the concentrations of several amino acids, but the findings were not conclusive.