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Hexahydro-1,4-thiazepine-3,5-dicarboxylic acid and thiomorpholine-3,5-dicarboxylic acid are present in normal human urine.

Hexahydro-1,4-thiazepine-3,5-dicarboxylic acid and thiomorpholine-3,5-dicarboxylic acid, simply referred to as cyclothionine and TMDA, respectively, are two cyclic sulfur-containing imino acids detected in bovine brain. Human urine has been investigated to establish the occurrence of these imino acids as common constituents under normal conditions. The morning urine of healthy subjects has been analyzed for enrichment of these compounds by using an ion-exchange procedure. Gas/liquid chromatography of the final extracts revealed the presence of peaks coeluting with authentic cyclothionine and TMDA. The latter compound eluted very close to an unknown sulfur-containing compound. A resolved peak of TMDA has been obtained by high-performance liquid chromatography of the final extracts derivatized with phenylisothiocyanate. Selected ion monitoring with multiple-ion detection applied to the compounds separated by gas chromatography revealed the presence of the respective molecular ions and of the decarboxylated fragments, thus confirming the identification of cyclothionine and TMDA in human urine.[1]

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  1. Hexahydro-1,4-thiazepine-3,5-dicarboxylic acid and thiomorpholine-3,5-dicarboxylic acid are present in normal human urine. Matarese, R.M., Pecci, L., Ricci, G., Nardini, M., Antonucci, A., Cavallini, D. Proc. Natl. Acad. Sci. U.S.A. (1987) [Pubmed]
 
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