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The ratios of non‐essential to essential amino acids (spots 1/7, 5 and 3/7) in the plasma of 22 children on normal diets, 16 marasmic children, and 6 children suffering from kwashiorkor were determined by the method of Whitehead. The ratios in both types of malnourished children were significantly different from the children on normal diets. The same ratios were also studied in red cell hemolysates using the method of Björnesjö with similar results.
The absolute values of the different spots in plasma and in the hemolysates were determined. A very significant increase in the concentration of the amino acids in the red cells of the malnourished children was evident. The increase was especially notable in the glycine.
The ratio of distribution of amino acids between erythrocytes and plasma was significantly higher in the malnourished children.
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WHO Medical Nutritionist.