Urinary excretory ratio of anthranilic acid/kynurenic acid as an index of the tolerable amount of tryptophan

Bioscience, Biotechnology and Biochemistry

Volumn 72, Issue 7, 2008, Pages 1667-1672

  Okuno, Alato ^a   Fukuwatari, Tsutomu ^a   Shibata, Katsumi ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SHIGA PREFECTURE   (Japan)

Author keywords

Anthranilic acid; Kynurenic acid; Tolerance; Tryptophan; Urine

Indexed keywords

BIOMOLECULES; METABOLITES; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK MANAGEMENT;

ANTHRANILIC ACIDS; DOSE-DEPENDENT MANNER; GROWTH RETARDATION; KYNURENIC ACID; TRYPTOPHAN (TRP); TRYPTOPHAN METABOLITE; URINARY EXCRETION;

AMINO ACIDS;

ANTHRANILIC ACID; ANTHRANILIC ACID DERIVATIVE; KYNURENIC ACID; TRYPTOPHAN;

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; DIET SUPPLEMENTATION; DOSE RESPONSE; MALE; METABOLISM; RAT; URINE; WISTAR RAT;

ANIMALS; ANTHRANILIC ACIDS; DIETARY SUPPLEMENTS; DOSE-RESPONSE RELATIONSHIP, DRUG; KYNURENIC ACID; MALE; RATS; RATS, WISTAR; TRYPTOPHAN;

RATTUS;

EID: 47949118753     PISSN: 09168451     EISSN: 13476947     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1271/bbb.70630     Document Type: Article

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