Tryptophan metabolism through the kynurenine pathway in rat brain and liver slices

Free Radical Biology and Medicine

Volumn 29, Issue 2, 2000, Pages 191-198

  Dale, William E ^a   Dang, Yuhong ^a   Brown, Olen R ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MISSOURI   (United States)

Author keywords

Brain; Free radicals; Hyperbaric oxygen; Kynurenic acid; Kynurenine; Quinolinic acid; Tryptophan

Indexed keywords

FREE RADICAL; KYNURENINE; NICOTINAMIDE ADENINE DINUCLEOTIDE; OXYGEN; QUINOLINIC ACID; TRYPTOPHAN;

AMBIENT AIR; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BIOSYNTHESIS; BRAIN METABOLISM; CONTROLLED STUDY; GAS; HYPERBARIC OXYGEN; LIVER METABOLISM; MALE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN CONTENT; RAT; TRYPTOPHAN METABOLISM;

AEROBIOSIS; ANIMALS; BRAIN; KYNURENINE; LIVER; MALE; NAD; ORGAN SPECIFICITY; OXYGEN; QUINOLINIC ACID; RATS; RATS, SPRAGUE-DAWLEY; TRYPTOPHAN;

ANIMALIA;

EID: 0034661001     PISSN: 08915849     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0891-5849(00)00341-5     Document Type: Article

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