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Table 3.1 A Summary of the Relative Abundance<br />

(Ser<strong>in</strong>e Ratio) of Am<strong>in</strong>o Acids <strong>in</strong> F<strong>in</strong>gerpr<strong>in</strong>t Deposits<br />

Hamilton 28 Hadorn et al. 27 Oro and Skewes 29<br />

Ser<strong>in</strong>e 100 100 100<br />

Glyc<strong>in</strong>e 67 54 59<br />

Ornith<strong>in</strong>e 32 45 45<br />

(Ornith<strong>in</strong>e, lys<strong>in</strong>e) 42 47 45<br />

Alan<strong>in</strong>e 27 35 28<br />

Aspartic acid 22 11 22<br />

Threon<strong>in</strong>e 17 9 18<br />

Histid<strong>in</strong>e 17 13 14<br />

Val<strong>in</strong>e 12 10 9<br />

Leuc<strong>in</strong>e 10 7 10<br />

Isoleuc<strong>in</strong>e 8 6 8<br />

Glutamic acid 8 12 5<br />

Lys<strong>in</strong>e 10 5 —<br />

Phenylalan<strong>in</strong>e 7 5 5<br />

Tyros<strong>in</strong>e 6 3 5<br />

15.44 and 14.63 mg%, respectively. Another study of both active and <strong>in</strong>active<br />

participants found that <strong>in</strong> both cases, ser<strong>in</strong>e, glyc<strong>in</strong>e, and alan<strong>in</strong>e were the<br />

most abundant am<strong>in</strong>o acids. 23 A similar trend was also reported by several<br />

others. 24-26<br />

Quantitatively, am<strong>in</strong>o acid concentrations can vary as much as 2 to 20<br />

times depend<strong>in</strong>g on collection methods (e.g., thermally <strong>in</strong>duced sweat vs.<br />

exercise-<strong>in</strong>duced sweat) and by sample location on the body. A study compar<strong>in</strong>g<br />

sweat samples obta<strong>in</strong>ed from the back and hands of subjects found<br />

some significant differences. 27 The samples from the backs of subjects showed<br />

higher amounts of am<strong>in</strong>o acids <strong>in</strong>volved <strong>in</strong> the urea cycle. These and other<br />

differences appeared to be <strong>in</strong>dependent of plasma and ur<strong>in</strong>e am<strong>in</strong>o acid<br />

levels, suggest<strong>in</strong>g that am<strong>in</strong>o acids do not appear <strong>in</strong> sweat as a result of<br />

filtration from the blood plasma. Table 3.1 summarizes the relative am<strong>in</strong>o<br />

acid abundance values from several different studies. One study reported a<br />

series of n<strong>in</strong>hydr<strong>in</strong> positive substances, <strong>in</strong> addition to am<strong>in</strong>o acids, <strong>in</strong> human<br />

eccr<strong>in</strong>e sweat. 30 Some of these substances <strong>in</strong>clude o-phosphoser<strong>in</strong>e, methion<strong>in</strong>e<br />

sulfoxide, α-am<strong>in</strong>o-isobutyric acid, glucosam<strong>in</strong>e, α-am<strong>in</strong>o-n-valeric<br />

acid, cystathion<strong>in</strong>e, β-am<strong>in</strong>o-isobutyric acid, ethanolam<strong>in</strong>e, γ-am<strong>in</strong>obutyric<br />

acid, and carnos<strong>in</strong>e.<br />

Prote<strong>in</strong>s<br />

The total prote<strong>in</strong> content <strong>in</strong> sweat has been determ<strong>in</strong>ed to range between 15<br />

to 25 mg/dL. One study us<strong>in</strong>g two-dimensional electrophoresis and ultrasensitive<br />

silver sta<strong>in</strong><strong>in</strong>g found over 400 polypeptide components. 31 Some<br />

specific examples determ<strong>in</strong>ed by sodium dodecyl sulfate polyacrylamide gel

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