Concurrent quantification of tryptophan and its major metabolites

Analytical Biochemistry

Volumn 443, Issue 2, 2013, Pages 222-231

  Lesniak, Wojciech G ^a,b,c   Jyoti, Amar ^b,c   Mishra, Manoj K ^a,b,c   Louissaint, Nicolette ^b   Romero, Roberto ^c   Chugani, Diane C ^d   Kannan, Sujatha ^b,d   Kannan, Rangaramanujam M ^a,b,c  

^a Wayne State University   (United States)

^b JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^c EUNICE KENNEDY SHRIVER NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF CHILD HEALTH AND HUMAN DEVELOPMENT   (United States)

^d WAYNE STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

HPLC; Kynurenic acid; Kynurenine pathway; Serotonin; Tryptophan metabolites

Indexed keywords

AMINO ACIDS; BIOMOLECULES; DISEASES; MASS SPECTROMETRY;

FLUORESCENCE DETECTION; HPLC; INFLAMMATORY DISORDERS; KYNURENINE PATHWAYS; QUANTITATIVE DETERMINATIONS; SEROTONIN; SPECTROSCOPIC PROPERTY; TRYPTOPHAN METABOLITE;

METABOLITES;

5 HYDROXYINDOLEACETIC ACID; KYNURENIC ACID; KYNURENINE; SEROTONIN; TRYPTOPHAN;

AMNION FLUID; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BODY FLUID; BRAIN TISSUE; EXPERIMENTAL RABBIT; FETUS; FLUORESCENCE SPECTROSCOPY; HIGH PERFORMANCE LIQUID CHROMATOGRAPHY; LIMIT OF DETECTION; LIMIT OF QUANTITATION; MASS SPECTROMETRY; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TRYPTOPHAN METABOLISM; ULTRAVIOLET SPECTROSCOPY;

ORYCTOLAGUS CUNICULUS;

HPLC; KYNURENIC ACID; KYNURENINE PATHWAY; SEROTONIN; TRYPTOPHAN METABOLITES;

ANIMALS; BRAIN; BRAIN CHEMISTRY; CHROMATOGRAPHY, HIGH PRESSURE LIQUID; HYDROXYINDOLEACETIC ACID; KYNURENIC ACID; KYNURENINE; LIMIT OF DETECTION; RABBITS; SEROTONIN; TANDEM MASS SPECTROMETRY; TRYPTOPHAN;

EID: 84886066556     PISSN: 00032697     EISSN: 10960309     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ab.2013.09.001     Document Type: Article

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