Tryptophan administration in rats enhances phagocytic function and reduces oxidative metabolism

Neuroendocrinology Letters

Volumn 29, Issue 6, 2008, Pages 1026-1032

  Sánchez, Soledad ^a   Paredes, Sergio D ^a   Sánchez, Cristina L ^a   Barriga, Carmen ^a   Reiter, Russel J ^b   Rodríguez, Ana B ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF EXTREMADURA   (Spain)

^b Mays Cancer Center at UT Health San Antonio   (United States)

Author keywords

Melatonin; Oxidative metabolism; Phagocytosis; Rat; Serotonin; Tryptophan

Indexed keywords

FREE RADICAL; MELATONIN; SEROTONIN; TRYPTOPHAN;

AEROBIC METABOLISM; ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CELL LEVEL; CELL VIABILITY; CONTROLLED STUDY; IMMUNOREGULATION; INNATE IMMUNITY; MACROPHAGE; MALE; NONHUMAN; PERITONEAL EXUDATE CELL; PHAGOCYTOSIS; PROTEIN FUNCTION; RAT; SCAVENGING SYSTEM;

EID: 59849119684     PISSN: 0172780X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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