Alteration of Plasma Amino Acid Concentrations in Iranian Children with COVID-19

Table 1

Plasma free amino acids concentration in COVID-19 patients (cases) and controls.

Analyte	Cases ()	Controls ()	value	Analyte	Case ()	Controls ()	value
	(μmol/L)	(μmol/L)			(μmol/L)	(μmol/L)
Alanine			0.008	Isoleucine			0.24
Arginine			0.016	Lysine			0.001
Asparagine			0.87	Methionine			0.22
Aspartic acid			<0.001	Ornithine			0.001
Citrulline			0.11	Phenylalanine			<0.001
α-Aminobutyric acid			0.53	Serine			0.001
Glutamic acid			<0.001	Taurine			0.66
Glutamine			<0.001	Threonine			0.001
Glycine			<0.001	Tryptophane			0.90
Histidine			0.06	Tyrosine			0.34
Leucine			0.01	Valine			0.069

is statistically significant. is statistically highly significant.