How to interpret the pattern of high citrate, low cis-aconitate, low glutamate, and high glutamine. | Masterjohn Q&A Files #45

<p>Question: How to interpret the pattern of high citrate, low cis-aconitate, low glutamate, and high glutamine.</p> <p>The aconitate and citric acid are markers on the citric acid cycle where we metabolize most of our energy. If citric acid is high and isocitric acid is low, (this must be the Great Plains Test which doesn't have isocitrate/cis-aconitate) that would indicate oxidative stress.</p> <p>In terms of the glutamate being low --- if your glutamate is low and your glutamine is on the high side, then you probably have ammonia generation from somewhere that you're mopping up...