[Amino acid losses in human sweat. Influence of oral contraceptives, physical exercise and sex on the excretion of amino acids in sweat (author's transl)].

Unlabelled: With the aid of ion exchange column chromatography we determined quantitatively the free amino acids in thermal sweat of the total human body surface. Sweat of 60 healthy men and 63 healthy women (aged 18-31 years) collected during 12 min of sauna bathing was investigated. Thirty men and 31 women were well trained, 33 women were taking oral, hormonal contraceptives.