Origin of D- and L-pipecolic acid in human physiological fluids: a study of the catabolic mechanism to pipecolic acid using the lysine loading test

Clinica Chimica Acta

Volumn 287, Issue 1-2, 1999, Pages 145-156

  Fujita, Toru ^a   Hada, Toshikazu ^a   Higashino, Kazuya ^a  

^a HYOGO COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (Japan)

Author keywords

Isomer; Peroxisomal disorders; Pipecolic acid; Plants and intestinal bacteria

Indexed keywords

LYSINE; PIPECOLIC ACID;

AMINO ACID METABOLISM; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIET; ENANTIOMER; FOOD INTAKE; HIGH PERFORMANCE LIQUID CHROMATOGRAPHY; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; HUMAN TISSUE; INTESTINE FLORA; LOADING TEST; NORMAL HUMAN; PHYTOCHEMISTRY; PLANT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SOYBEAN; ULTRAVIOLET SPECTROPHOTOMETRY;

CHROMATOGRAPHY, HIGH PRESSURE LIQUID; DIET; HUMANS; LYSINE; PIPECOLIC ACIDS; PLANTS, EDIBLE; SOYBEANS; SPECTROPHOTOMETRY, ULTRAVIOLET; STEREOISOMERISM;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); GLYCINE MAX; MAMMALIA;

EID: 0032827795     PISSN: 00098981     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0009-8981(99)00129-1     Document Type: Article

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