Nitric oxide accelerates the degradation of tetrahydrobiopterin but not total neopterin in cerebrospinal fluid; potential implications for the assessment of tetrahydrobiopterin metabolism

Annals of Clinical Biochemistry

Volumn 44, Issue 4, 2007, Pages 394-396

  Lam, A A J ^a   Heales, S J R ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

NEOPTERIN; NITRIC OXIDE; TETRAHYDROBIOPTERIN; 5,6,7,8-TETRAHYDROBIOPTERIN; BIOPTERIN; DRUG DERIVATIVE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ARTICLE; BIODEGRADATION; BIOSYNTHESIS; CEREBROSPINAL FLUID; CEREBROSPINAL FLUID ANALYSIS; CEREBROSPINAL FLUID LEVEL; CONTROLLED STUDY; EXPOSURE; HUMAN; METABOLISM; PRIORITY JOURNAL; DRUG EFFECT;

BIOPTERIN; CEREBROSPINAL FLUID; HUMANS; NEOPTERIN; NITRIC OXIDE;

EID: 34548036765     PISSN: 00045632     EISSN: 00045632     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1258/000456307780945741     Document Type: Article

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