Tryptophan metabolism along the kynurenine pathway in diet-induced and genetic hypercholesterolemic rabbits

Clinica Chimica Acta

Volumn 350, Issue 1-2, 2004, Pages 41-49

  Allegri, Graziella ^a   Ragazzi, Eugenio ^a   Costa, Carlo V L ^a   Caparrotta, Laura ^a   Biasiolo, Monica ^a   Comai, Stefano ^a   Bertazzo, Antonella ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PADOVA   (Italy)

Author keywords

Hypercholesterolemia; Kynurenine pathway enzymes; Tryptophan metabolism; Watanabe rabbits

Indexed keywords

3 HYDROXYANTHRANILATE 3,4 DIOXYGENASE; AMINOCARBOXYMUCONATE SEMIALDEHYDE DECARBOXYLASE; CARBOXYLYASE; HOLOENZYME; INDOLE 2,3 DIOXYGENASE; KYNURENINASE; KYNURENINE; KYNURENINE 3 MONOOXYGENASE; KYNURENINE AMINOTRANSFERASE; NICOTINIC ACID; OXYGENASE; TRYPTOPHAN; TRYPTOPHAN 2,3 DIOXYGENASE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; ATHEROGENIC DIET; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEGRADATION; ENZYME ACTIVITY; HYPERCHOLESTEROLEMIA; MALE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RABBIT; TRYPTOPHAN METABOLISM;

ANIMALS; CARBOXY-LYASES; HYPERCHOLESTEROLEMIA; INDOLEAMINE-PYRROLE 2,3,-DIOXYGENASE; INTESTINE, SMALL; KIDNEY; KYNURENINE; KYNURENINE 3-MONOOXYGENASE; LIVER; MIXED FUNCTION OXYGENASES; NIACIN; RABBITS; TRANSAMINASES; TRYPTOPHAN; TRYPTOPHAN OXYGENASE;

ANIMALIA; ORYCTOLAGUS CUNICULUS;

EID: 7744238012     PISSN: 00098981     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.cccn.2004.06.026     Document Type: Article

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