Pharmacology and cell metabolism: Activation of liver tryptophan pyrrolase mediates the decrease in tryptophan availability to the brain after acute alcohol consumption by normal subjects

Alcohol and Alcoholism

Volumn 44, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 267-271

  Badawy, Abdulla A B ^a   Doughrty, Donald M ^b   Marsh Richard, Dawn M ^b   Steptoe, Alex ^a  

^a CARDIFF METROPOLITAN UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS HEALTH SCIENCE CENTER AT SAN ANTONIO   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

3 HYDROXYANTHRANILIC ACID; 3 HYDROXYKYNURENINE; ALCOHOL; AMINO ACID; ANTHRANILIC ACID; KYNURENINE; PLACEBO; TRYPTOPHAN; TRYPTOPHAN 2,3 DIOXYGENASE; XANTHURENIC ACID; BIOLOGICAL MARKER;

ADULT; AFRICAN AMERICAN; ALCOHOL CONSUMPTION; ARTICLE; BLOOD ANALYSIS; BLOOD LEVEL; BLOOD SAMPLING; BRAIN LEVEL; CAUCASIAN; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIET RESTRICTION; ENZYME ACTIVATION; ENZYME ACTIVITY; FEMALE; FOOD INTAKE; HIGH PERFORMANCE LIQUID CHROMATOGRAPHY; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; IMPULSIVENESS; MALE; NORMAL HUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN DEGRADATION; VOLUNTEER; BLOOD; BRAIN; COMPARATIVE STUDY; DRINKING BEHAVIOR; DRUG EFFECT; ENZYMOLOGY; LIVER; METABOLISM; PHYSIOLOGY; TIME;

ADULT; ALCOHOL DRINKING; BIOLOGICAL MARKERS; BRAIN; ENZYME ACTIVATION; ETHANOL; FEMALE; HUMANS; LIVER; MALE; TIME FACTORS; TRYPTOPHAN; TRYPTOPHAN OXYGENASE; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 65549165522     PISSN: 07350414     EISSN: 14643502     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/alcalc/agp005     Document Type: Article

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