Enzyme activities of tryptophan metabolism along the kynurenine pathway in various species of animals

Farmaco

Volumn 58, Issue 9, 2003, Pages 829-836

  Allegri, Graziella ^a   Costa, Carlo V L ^a   Bertazzo, Antonella ^a   Biasiolo, Monica ^a   Ragazzi, Eugenio ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PADOVA   (Italy)

Author keywords

Animal species; Kynurenine pathway enzymes; Tryptophan metabolism

Indexed keywords

3 HYDROXYANTHRANILATE 3,4 DIOXYGENASE; AMINOCARBOXYMUCONATE SEMIALDEHYDE DECARBOXYLASE; APOENZYME; ENZYME; INDOLE 2,3 DIOXYGENASE; INTESTINE ENZYME; KIDNEY ENZYME; KYNURENINASE; KYNURENINE 3 MONOOXYGENASE; KYNURENINE AMINOTRANSFERASE; LIVER ENZYME; SUPEROXIDE DISMUTASE; TRYPTOPHAN 2,3 DIOXYGENASE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

AMINO ACID BLOOD LEVEL; AMINO ACID METABOLISM; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENZYME ACTIVITY; ENZYME ASSAY; ENZYME BLOOD LEVEL; ENZYME INDUCTION; ENZYME LOCALIZATION; ENZYME MECHANISM; ENZYME SPECIFICITY; EXPERIMENTAL MOUSE; EXPERIMENTAL RAT; GUINEA PIG; KIDNEY PARENCHYMA; LIVER; MALE; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; RABBIT; RAT; SMALL INTESTINE; SPECIES COMPARISON; SPECIES DIFFERENCE; TISSUE DISTRIBUTION;

EID: 0141788065     PISSN: 0014827X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0014-827X(03)00140-X     Document Type: Article

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