Effect of tryptophan administration on circulating melatonin levels in chicks and rats: Evidence for stimulation of melatonin synthesis and release in the gastrointestinal tract

Life Sciences

Volumn 51, Issue 12, 1992, Pages 945-953

  Huether, Gerald ^a   Poeggeler, Burkhard ^a   Reimer, Andreas ^a   George, Annette ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER GÖTTINGEN   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

MELATONIN; TRYPTOPHAN;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BIOSYNTHESIS; BLOOD LEVEL; CHICKEN; CONTROLLED STUDY; DUODENUM; ENTEROCHROMAFFIN CELL; GASTROINTESTINAL TRACT; HORMONE RELEASE; INTRAPERITONEAL DRUG ADMINISTRATION; MALE; NONHUMAN; ORAL DRUG ADMINISTRATION; PINEAL BODY; PINEALECTOMY; PORTAL VEIN BLOOD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT;

ADMINISTRATION, ORAL; ANIMAL; CHICKENS; CHROMATOGRAPHY, HIGH PRESSURE LIQUID; GASTROINTESTINAL SYSTEM; INJECTIONS, INTRAPERITONEAL; MALE; MELATONIN; PINEAL GLAND; RADIOIMMUNOASSAY; RATS; RATS, INBRED BN; SUPPORT, NON-U.S. GOV'T; TRYPTOPHAN;

EID: 0026668767     PISSN: 00243205     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/0024-3205(92)90402-B     Document Type: Article

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