The ingestion of different dietary proteins by humans induces large changes in the plasma tryptophan ratio, a predictor of brain tryptophan uptake and serotonin synthesis

Clinical Nutrition

Volumn 32, Issue 6, 2013, Pages 1073-1076

  Fernstrom, John D ^a   Langham, Kathryn A ^b   Marcelino, Lyndsey M ^b   Irvine, Zoë L E ^b   Fernstrom, Madelyn H ^a   Kaye, Walter H ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PITTSBURGH SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Brain; Dietary protein; Human; Large neutral amino acids; Tryptophan; Tyrosine

Indexed keywords

ALPHA LACTALBUMIN; GLUTEN; SEROTONIN; STARCH; TRYPTOPHAN; ZEIN;

ADULT; AMINO ACID BLOOD LEVEL; AMINO ACID TRANSPORT; ARTICLE; BRAIN METABOLISM; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; DIET SUPPLEMENTATION; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; MALE; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PREDICTOR VARIABLE; PROTEIN FOLDING; PROTEIN INTAKE; SEROTONIN METABOLISM;

BRAIN; DIETARY PROTEIN; HUMAN; LARGE NEUTRAL AMINO ACIDS; TRYPTOPHAN; TYROSINE;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; BODY MASS INDEX; BRAIN; DIETARY CARBOHYDRATES; DIETARY PROTEINS; GLUTENS; HUMANS; INSULIN; LACTALBUMIN; MALE; MEALS; SEROTONIN; TRYPTOPHAN; YOUNG ADULT; ZEIN;

EID: 84887625021     PISSN: 02615614     EISSN: 15321983     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.clnu.2012.11.027     Document Type: Article

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