Age Dependence of Large Neutral Amino Acid Levels in Plasma: Focus on Tryptophan

Advances in Experimental Medicine and Biology

Volumn 398, Issue , 1996, Pages 579-582

  Demling, J ^a   Langer, K ^b   Mehr, M Q ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ERLANGEN NUREMBERG   (Germany)

^b Pharmacia GmbH   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AMINO ACID; TRYPTOPHAN;

ADULT; AGE; AGED; AGING; ARTICLE; BLOOD; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; SEX DIFFERENCE;

ADULT; AGE FACTORS; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; AGING; AMINO ACIDS; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; SEX FACTORS; TRYPTOPHAN;

EID: 0030347309     PISSN: 00652598     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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