Presence of kynurenic acid in food and honeybee products

Amino Acids

Volumn 36, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 75-80

  Turski, Michal P ^a   Turska, Monika ^a   Zgrajka, Wojciech ^a   Kuc, Damian ^b   Turski, Waldemar A ^a,b  

^a INSTITUTE OF AGRICULTURAL MEDICINE   (Poland)

^b MEDICAL UNIVERSITY OF LUBLIN   (Poland)

Author keywords

Absorption; Digestive system; Food; Honeybee product; Kynurenic acid

Indexed keywords

KYNURENIC ACID; PROPOLIS;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BABY FOOD; BLOOD FLOW; BROCCOLI; CONTROLLED STUDY; DRUG BLOOD LEVEL; FOOD; HONEY; HONEYBEE; INTESTINE ABSORPTION; KIDNEY; LIVER; MALE; NONHUMAN; POLLEN; POTATO; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT;

ANIMALS; BEES; FOOD ANALYSIS; KYNURENIC ACID; MALE; ORGAN SPECIFICITY; RATS; RATS, WISTAR;

APIS MELLIFERA; APOIDEA; BRASSICA OLERACEA VAR. ITALICA; RATTUS; SOLANUM TUBEROSUM;

EID: 58149269608     PISSN: 09394451     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00726-008-0031-z     Document Type: Article

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