Gamma-Aminobutyric Acid

Bioactive Proteins and Peptides as Functional Foods and Nutraceuticals

Volumn , Issue , 2010, Pages 121-133

  Jiang, Bo ^a   Fu, Yuanxin ^a   Zhang, Tao ^a  

^a JIANGNAN UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

Brain senescence prevention; Curing neurological disease; GABA physical properties and GABA functions; GABA role in animals; GABA synthesis role in plants; GAD reaction mechanism; Gamma aminobutyric acid; Human application of GABA; Hypotensive effects; Ion transport potential modulator

Indexed keywords

EID: 79954993028     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book    
DOI: 10.1002/9780813811048.ch9     Document Type: Chapter

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