- P-ISSN 1225-0163
- E-ISSN 2288-8985
The effect of the chemical carcinogen dimetylnitrosamine(DMN) on the composition of amino acids of the liver in hamsters orally administered with DMN was studied by using the reversed phase high performance liquid chromatography technique. In the liver, the concentration of aspartic acid, glycine, glutamine, histidine, proline, tyrosine and leucine were increased ca. 2-fold of those observed in liver of control group, valine and tryptophan were increased ca. 3-fold, phenylalanine was markedly increased ca. 10-fold, whereas the concentration of threonine was decreased, serine, alanine, arginine, methionine, isoleucine and lysine were unchanged, respectively.