Table 5 Non-essential free amino acid fractions in different groups of bladder cancer and bilharzial bladder cancer patients

(a)

(b)

(c)

Asparatic acid

2.61 ± 1.07

5.399 ± 2.230

14.141 ± 10.35

+106.78

+29

+442

Proline

4.46 ± 0.24

14.84 ± 5.37

10.227 ± 3.13

+232.5

+177

+129

Glycine

14.14 ± 2.72

9.19 ± 1.22

6.917 ± 4.55

-35

-99.98

-51

Alanine

1.09 ± 0.23

19.75 ± 7.43

14.421 ± 3.34

+1703

+1457

+1216

Serine

7.98 ± 0.81

12.03 ± 3.15

8.977 ± 2.20

+51

+19

+13

Glutamic acid

31.38 ± 3.16

35.32 ± 4.64

44.53 ± 14.03

+13

+33

+42

Tyrosine

4.23 ± 0.35

5.92 ± 1.91

6.455 ± 0.79

+40

+40

+53

NH4+

4.23 ± 1.16

9.43 ± 1.94

5.955 ± 2.74

+123

+11

+41

Phosphoserin

0.19 ± 0.06

0.24 ± 0.086

0.280 ± 0.21

+27

-1.1

+49

Taurin

3.35 ± 0.49

6.53 ± 1.69

3.075 ± 0.23

+95

-18

-8

Urea

76.5 ± 9.86

88.28 ± 7.24

111.95 ± 9.32

+15

+ 5

+46

Cystine

3.22 ± 0.57

3.99 ± 0.81

3.884 ± 1.15

+24

-37

+21

Citrulline

0.96 ± 0.41

1.51 ± 0.36

1.198 ± 0.41

+147

-42

+24

Ornithine

4.396 ± 0.71

11.114 ± 3.42

5.467 ± 0.81

+153

+75

+24

Arginine

3.58 ± 0.71

7.72 ± 1.23

27.3 ± 3.01

+115

+289

+663

a-Aminobutyric acid

0.0197 ± 0.01

0.188 ± 0.32

0.0010 ± 0.001

+854

+28

-95

a-Aminoadipic acid

1.530 ± 0.29

0.0012 ± 0.002

0.282 ± 0.261

-99.9

-100

-82