Micromolar concentration of kynurenic acid in rat small intestine

Amino Acids

Volumn 35, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 503-505

  Kuc, D ^a   Zgrajka, W ^b   Parada Turska, J ^a   Urbanik Sypniewska, T ^c   Turski, W A ^a,b  

^a MEDICAL UNIVERSITY OF LUBLIN   (Poland)

^b INSTITUTE OF AGRICULTURAL MEDICINE   (Poland)

^c MARIA CURIE SK ODOWSKA UNIVERSITY   (Poland)

Author keywords

Kynurenic acid; Rat; Small intestine

Indexed keywords

BUNGAROTOXIN RECEPTOR; G PROTEIN COUPLED RECEPTOR; G PROTEIN COUPLED RECEPTOR 35; KYNURENIC ACID; N METHYL DEXTRO ASPARTIC ACID RECEPTOR; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CHROMATOGRAPHY; CONTROLLED STUDY; ESCHERICHIA COLI; GASTROINTESTINAL TRACT FUNCTION; HIGH PERFORMANCE LIQUID CHROMATOGRAPHY; INTESTINE FLUID; MALE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; RAT; SMALL INTESTINE;

ANIMALS; ESCHERICHIA COLI; GASTROINTESTINAL CONTENTS; INTESTINE, SMALL; KYNURENIC ACID; KYNURENINE; MALE; RATS; RATS, WISTAR; RECEPTORS, G-PROTEIN-COUPLED;

ESCHERICHIA COLI; RATTUS;

EID: 49749111172     PISSN: 09394451     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00726-007-0631-z     Document Type: Article

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