Amino acids		PMN		NCV		Plasma		Gradient
Amino acids		10⁻¹⁶ Mol/cell		[µMol/l]		[µMol/l]		I:E
		mean ± SD		mean ± SD		mean ± SD
aspartate	(asp)	2.97	1.14	687.8	264.0	12.1	4.4	56.8
glutamate	(glu)	6.17	1.93	1428.9	447.0	35.2	14.9	40.6
asparagine	(asn)	0.41	0.15	95.7	34.7	57.8	16.6	1.7
serine	(ser)	2.05	0.54	474.8	125.1	115.2	39.1	4.1
glutamine	(gln)	3.27	0.98	757.3	227.0	621.6	234.1	1.2
histidine	(his)	1.03	0.56	238.5	129.7	78.5	27.0	3.0
glycine	(gly)	2.59	0.75	599.8	173.7	226.3	71.8	2.7
threonine	(thr)	0.78	0.26	180.6	60.2	101.4	68.4	1.8
citrulline	(cit)	0.13	0.04	30.1	9.3	29.5	11.2	1.0
arginine	(arg)	0.34	0.08	78.7	18.5	87.8	22.5	0.9
taurine	(tau)	40.8	9.38	9448.8	2172.3	124.9	49.3	75.7
hypotaurine	(h-tau)	1.91	0.65	442.3	150.5	2.4	0.7	184.3
alanine	(ala)	2.24	0.83	518.8	192.2	387.4	169.5	1.3
tyrosine	(tyr)	0.79	0.35	183.0	81.1	71.7	34.9	2.6
α-aminobutyrate	(aba)	0.16	0.10	37.1	23.2	20.3	8.8	1.8
tryptophane	(trp)	0.19	0.11	44.0	25.5	71.2	26.1	0.6
methionine	(met)	0.17	0.12	39.4	27.8	20.2	9.8	1.9
valine	(val)	0.47	0.19	108.8	44.0	185.6	71.4	0.6
phenylalanine	(phe)	1.02	0.64	236.2	148.2	84.9	28.5	2.8
isoleucine	(ile)	0.52	0.17	120.4	39.4	78.4	35.6	1.5
leucine	(leu)	0.83	0.26	192.2	60.2	136.5	86.9	1.4
ornithine	(orn)	0.44	0.12	101.9	27.8	45.1	24.7	2.3
lysine	(lys)	0.56	0.30	129.7	69.5	216.8	89.2	0.6
α-keto acids		PMN		NCV		Plasma		Gradient
α-keto acids		10⁻¹⁷ Mol/cell		[µMol/l]		[µMol/l]		I:E
		mean ± SD		mean ± SD		mean ± SD
α-ketoglutarate	(KG)	1.21	0.31	30.5	7.8	6.8	2.3	4.5
pyruvate	(PYR)	6.72	2.03	169.1	51.1	102.9	42.7	1.6
α-ketobutyrate	(KB)	4.07	1.30	102.4	32.7	8.7	2.9	11.8
α-ketoisovalerate	(KIV)	2.27	1.08	57.1	27.2	18.1	7.5	3.2
α-ketoisocaproate	(KIC)	0.36	0.25	9.1	6.3	37.5	11.4	0.2
p-OH-phenylpyruvate	(PPYR)	0.29	0.18	7.3	4.5	7.6	4.1	1.0
α-keto-β-methylvalerate	(KMV)	0.80	0.49	20.1	12.3	24.2	8.6	0.8