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Quantification and excretion profiles of pteridines in primate urine
Author(s) -
Fuchs Eberhard,
Goldberg Michel
Publication year - 1992
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.1600-0684.1992.tb00587.x
Subject(s) - gorilla , pterin , neopterin , biology , pongo pygmaeus , biopterin , lemur catta , hylobates , primate , zoology , endocrinology , biochemistry , ecology , lemur , paleontology , nitric oxide synthase , cofactor , nitric oxide , immunology , tetrahydrobiopterin , enzyme
Biopterin, 6‐hydroxymethyl‐pterin, isoxanthopterin, neopterin and, pterin were quantified in stress‐free collected spontaneous morning urine samples from Callithrix jacchus, Saguinus fuscicollis, Saguinus labiatus, Saimiri sciureus, Presbytis entellus, Cercopithecus albogularis, Cercocebus torquatus, Macaca fascicularis, Hylobates concolor, Pongo pygmaeus , and Gorilla gorilla. In most species, biopterin was the most frequent urinary pteridine followed by neopterin. Sex differences in biopterin and neopterin excretion were observed in Gorilla gorilla and Pongo pygmaeus. Pterin and isoxanthopterin were only present in minor concentrations. 6‐hydroxymethyl‐pterin was barely detectable and not present in the urine of Saguinus labiatus, Saimiri sciureus , and both male Gorilla gorilla and Pongo pygmaeus.