AMINO ACIDS, AMINES AND PEPTIDES OF RAM EPIDIDYMAL SEMEN

Amino Acids, Amines and Peptides of Ram

Epididymal semen was obtained from rams with a fistula present in the vas deferens (Tadmor & Schindler, 1966). It was deproteinized immediately, and the protein-free clear supernatant evaporated to dryness in vacuo at a temperature not exceeding 55\s=deg\C. The residue was taken up with about 10 ml water, and the solution thus obtained used for determination of both amines and amino acids. For ...

Amino acids in ram testicular fluid and semen and their metabolism by spermatozoa.

1. The testis of the ram secretes considerable amounts of amino acids (200mumoles/day) into the fluid collected from the efferent ducts. The principal amino acid in this testicular fluid is glutamate, which is present in concentrations about eight times those in testicular lymph or in blood from the internal spermatic vein. 2. The concentration of glutamate in seminal plasma from the tail of th...

Phospholipids in ram semen: metabolism of plasmalogen and fatty acids.

Metabolism of aromatic amino acids and amines.

Nucleophilicity parameters for amines, amino acids and peptides in water. Variations in selectivities for quinone methides.

Second order rate constants for reactions of 4,4'-dimethylaminobenzhydrylium cations with amines and other nucleophiles in water define a scale of nucleophilicity (N(+)'' = log k + 2.63). The N(+)'' scale can be extended by linking directly to an established N(+) scale based on reactions of methyl vinyl pyridinium cations with amine nucleophiles. Logarithms of rate constants for other benzhydry...