L-Cysteine sulphinate, endogenous sulphur-containing amino acid, inhibits rat brain kynurenic acid production via selective interference with kynurenine aminotransferase II

Neuroscience Letters

Volumn 346, Issue 1-2, 2003, Pages 97-100

  Kocki, Tomasz ^a   Luchowski, Piotr ^a   Luchowska, Elzbieta ^a   Wielosz, Marian ^a   Turski, Waldemar A ^a,b   Urbanska, Ewa M ^a,b  

^a MEDICAL UNIVERSITY OF LUBLIN   (Poland)

^b INSTITUTE OF AGRICULTURAL MEDICINE   (Poland)

Author keywords

Brain; In vitro; Kynurenic acid; Kynurenine aminotransferase; L Cysteine sulphinate; Sulphur containing amino acids

Indexed keywords

CYSTEINE SULFINIC ACID; ISOENZYME; KYNURENIC ACID; KYNURENINE AMINOTRANSFERASE;

AMINO ACID BRAIN LEVEL; AMINO ACID SYNTHESIS; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BRAIN CORTEX; CATALYSIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENZYME ACTIVITY; MALE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN FUNCTION; RAT;

EID: 0038383769     PISSN: 03043940     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0304-3940(03)00579-2     Document Type: Article

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