Dynamic monitoring of plasma amino acids and carnitine during chemotherapy of patients with alimentary canal malignancies and its clinical value.

The levels of some plasma amino acids, such as Asp, Cit, methionine (Met), and Orn, and carnitine of the digestive tract malignant tumor patients decreased significantly ( P <0.05) 14 days after chemotherapy, whereas the level of Val presented an increasing trend ( P < 0.05) ( Table 3 ).

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