Efficacy of theanine is connected with theanine metabolism by any enzyme, not only drug metabolizing enzymes

Food and Chemical Toxicology

Volumn 44, Issue 2, 2006, Pages 286-292

  Sadzuka, Yasuyuki ^a   Sugiyama, Tomomi ^b,c   Nagamine, Makiko ^a   Umegaki, Keizo ^b   Sonobe, Takashi ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SHIZUOKA   (Japan)

^b NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF HEALTH AND NUTRITION   (Japan)

^c HOKURIKU UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

glutamyltranspeptidase; CYP; Glutamate; Glutaminase; Theanine

Indexed keywords

CYTOCHROME P450; DOXORUBICIN; DRUG METABOLIZING ENZYME; ENZYME; GAMMA GLUTAMYLTRANSFERASE; GLUTAMIC ACID; GLUTAMINASE; GLUTATHIONE; GLUTATHIONE TRANSFERASE; GREEN TEA EXTRACT; THEANINE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; DIET SUPPLEMENTATION; DRUG CONJUGATION; DRUG DISTRIBUTION; DRUG EFFICACY; DRUG LIVER LEVEL; DRUG MECHANISM; DRUG METABOLISM; ENZYME ACTIVITY; HYDROLYSIS; IN VITRO STUDY; MALE; MOUSE; NONHUMAN;

ANIMALS; ANTIBIOTICS, ANTINEOPLASTIC; CYTOCHROMES; CYTOSOL; DOXORUBICIN; GLUTAMATES; GLUTAMINASE; GUANOSINE TRIPHOSPHATE; LIVER; MALE; MICE; MICROSOMES, LIVER; MIXED FUNCTION OXYGENASES; PHARMACEUTICAL PREPARATIONS;

ANIMALIA;

EID: 28844434662     PISSN: 02786915     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.fct.2005.07.010     Document Type: Article

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