Skip to main content

View full-text article in PMC

. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2012 Nov 21.

Published in final edited form as: Chem Res Toxicol. 2011 Sep 12;24(11):1924–1936. doi: 10.1021/tx200273z

Table 3.

Cellular amines pK_as and their concentrations in hepatocytes.

Amine	pK_a of amine	Conc. (nmol/g)
Ornithine	N^α: 8.69; N^δ:10.76⁴⁸	230-370^39,49,50
Lysine	N^α: 9.06; N^ε:10.54⁴⁸	200-730^40,49,50
Putrescine	9.63; 10.80⁴⁸	18-57^37,38,51,52
Cadaverine	10.05; 10.93⁴⁸	2.6-7.9^37,53
Spermine	10.1; 10.9⁵⁴	618-1591^38,51,52
Spermidine	N¹: 10.9; N⁸: 9.9⁵⁴	646-2205^37,38,51,52
GSH	8.75⁴⁸	5000-7000^55,56

HHS Vulnerability Disclosure