Concentration Details

Metabolite
HMDB0000214 (Ornithine)
Biospecimen
Blood
Status
Detected and Quantified
Data source
Referenced
Concentration
33 +/- 15 uM
Age
Children (1-13 years old)
Sex
Both
Condition
Cutis laxa, autosomal recessive, type IIIA
References
    1. Baumgartner MR, Hu CA, Almashanu S, Steel G, Obie C, Aral B, Rabier D, Kamoun P, Saudubray JM, Valle D: Hyperammonemia with reduced ornithine, citrulline, arginine and proline: a new inborn error caused by a mutation in the gene encoding delta(1)-pyrroline-5-carboxylate synthase. Hum Mol Genet. 2000 Nov 22;9(19):2853-8. [PubMed:11092761 ]