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Plasma α-Amino-n-Butyric Acid : Leucine Ratio and Alcohol Consumption in Working Men and in Alcoholics

Jonathan Chick, Margaret Longstaff, Norman Kreitman, Martin Plant, David Thatcher, Jonathan Waite

SUMMARY. The ratio of plasma α-amino-n-butyric acid to leucine is higher in alcoholics, especially those who have drunk heavily recently, than in light drinkers. The ratio is of no value by itself as a screening test.