Sex differences in the effect of obesity on human plasma tryptophan/large neutral amino acid ratio

Annals of Nutrition and Metabolism

Volumn 43, Issue 3, 1999, Pages 145-151

  Roca, Pilar ^a   Proenza, Ana M ^a   Palou, Andreu ^a  

^a UNIVERSITAT DE LES ILLES BALEARS   (Spain)

Author keywords

Eating behavior; Large neutral amino acids; Obesity; Plasma; Serotonin pathway; Tryptophan

Indexed keywords

AMINO ACID; TRYPTOPHAN;

ADULT; AMINO ACID BLOOD LEVEL; ARTICLE; BODY MASS; DIET RESTRICTION; FEMALE; HIGH PERFORMANCE LIQUID CHROMATOGRAPHY; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; HUNGER; MALE; NORMAL HUMAN; OBESITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEX DIFFERENCE; TRYPTOPHAN BRAIN LEVEL;

AMINO ACIDS; BODY MASS INDEX; FEMALE; HUMANS; LEUCINE; MALE; OBESITY; PHENYLALANINE; SEX CHARACTERISTICS; TRYPTOPHAN; TYROSINE; VALINE;

EID: 0032725926     PISSN: 02506807     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1159/000012780     Document Type: Article

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