Tryptophan metabolites interfere with the Ehrlich reaction used for the measurement of kynurenine

Analytical Biochemistry

Volumn 339, Issue 1, 2005, Pages 188-189

  Alegre, Estibaliz ^a   López, Ana Sofía ^a   González, Alvaro ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY CLINIC OF NAVARRA   (Spain)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AMINO ACIDS;

TRYPTOPHAN METABOLITE;

METABOLITES;

3 NITROTYROSINE; 4 DIMETHYLAMINOBENZALDEHYDE; GAMMA INTERFERON; KYNURENINE; QUINOLINIC ACID; TRYPTOPHAN;

ABSORPTION; ARTICLE; CALCULATION; CORRELATION COEFFICIENT; CULTURE MEDIUM; ENZYME ACTIVITY; HIGH PERFORMANCE LIQUID CHROMATOGRAPHY; LYMPHOCYTE; MEASUREMENT; METABOLISM; MONOCYTE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; SPECTROPHOTOMETRY; TRYPTOPHAN METABOLISM; TUMOR CELL;

EID: 14844293132     PISSN: 00032697     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ab.2004.11.005     Document Type: Article

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