Melatonin, its precursors, and synthesizing enzyme activities in the human ovary

Molecular Human Reproduction

Volumn 5, Issue 5, 1999, Pages 402-408

  Itoh, Masanori T ^a   Ishizuka, Bunpei ^a   Kuribayashi, Yasushi ^a   Amemiya, Akira ^a   Sumi, Yawara ^a  

^a ST MARIANNA UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Japan)

Author keywords

Arylalkylamine N acetyltransferase; Hydroxyindole O methyltransferase; Melatonin; Ovary; Serotonin

Indexed keywords

ACETYLSEROTONIN METHYLTRANSFERASE; ARALKYLAMINE ACETYLTRANSFERASE; MELATONIN; SEROTONIN;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENZYME ACTIVITY; FEMALE; HORMONE SYNTHESIS; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; OVARY; PINEAL BODY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVERSED PHASE HIGH PERFORMANCE LIQUID CHROMATOGRAPHY; SEROTONIN METABOLISM;

ACETYL COENZYME A; ACETYLSEROTONIN N-METHYLTRANSFERASE; ADULT; ARYLAMINE N-ACETYLTRANSFERASE; CHROMATOGRAPHY, HIGH PRESSURE LIQUID; FEMALE; FLUOROMETRY; HUMANS; KINETICS; LINEAR MODELS; MELATONIN; MIDDLE AGED; OVARY; PROTEIN PRECURSORS; SEROTONIN; TRYPTAMINES; TRYPTOPHAN;

MAMMALIA;

EID: 0032906120     PISSN: 13609947     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/molehr/5.5.402     Document Type: Article

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