The effect of copper on (3H)-tryptophan metabolism in organ cultures of rat pineal glands

Metabolic Brain Disease

Volumn 16, Issue 3-4, 2001, Pages 199-205

  Parmar, Paresh ^a   Daya, Santy ^a  

^a RHODES UNIVERSITY   (South Africa)

Author keywords

Copper toxicity; Indolamines; Melatonin; Pineal glands

Indexed keywords

5 METHOXYTRYPTOPHOL; ACYLTRANSFERASE; CHELATING AGENT; COPPER; INDOLEAMINE; MELATONIN; N ACETYLSEROTONIN; TRYPTOPHAN; FREE RADICAL; INDOLE DERIVATIVE;

ALZHEIMER DISEASE; ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; CELL DAMAGE; CONFERENCE PAPER; CONTROLLED STUDY; COPPER METABOLISM; MALE; NERVE DEGENERATION; NEUROTOXICITY; NONHUMAN; PINEAL BODY; RAT; TRYPTOPHAN METABOLISM; WILSON DISEASE; ANIMAL; ARTICLE; BIOSYNTHESIS; DEGENERATIVE DISEASE; ENZYMOLOGY; METABOLISM; ORGAN CULTURE; RAT STRAIN;

ANIMALIA; RATTUS NORVEGICUS;

ANIMAL; COPPER; FREE RADICALS; INDOLES; MALE; MELATONIN; NEURODEGENERATIVE DISEASES; ORGAN CULTURE; PINEAL GLAND; RATS; RATS, WISTAR; SUPPORT, NON-U.S. GOV'T; TRYPTOPHAN;

EID: 0034747420     PISSN: 08857490     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/A:1012545112031     Document Type: Conference Paper

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