No effect of oral l-tryptophan or alpha-lactalbumin on total tryptophan levels in breast milk

European Neuropsychopharmacology

Volumn 25, Issue 6, 2015, Pages 779-787

  Dowlati, Yekta ^a,b   Ravindran, Arun V ^a,b,c   Maheux, Maxim ^e   Steiner, Meir ^b,c,d   Stewart, Donna E ^b,c,f   Meyer, Jeffrey H ^a,b,c  

^a CENTRE FOR ADDICTION AND MENTAL HEALTH   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

^c UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

^d MCMASTER UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^e Transbiotech   (Canada)

^f UNIVERSITY HEALTH NETWORK   (Canada)

Author keywords

Breast milk; Postpartum depression; Prevention; Tryptophan

Indexed keywords

ALPHA LACTALBUMIN; TRYPTOPHAN; LACTALBUMIN;

ADULT; AMINO ACID BLOOD LEVEL; AREA UNDER THE CURVE; ARTICLE; ARTIFICIAL MILK; ASSOCIATION; BLOOD SAMPLING; BREAST FEEDING; BREAST MILK; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIET SUPPLEMENTATION; DIZZINESS; DROWSINESS; DRUG EFFECT; FEMALE; HUMAN; NAUSEA; NORMAL HUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PUERPERAL DEPRESSION; RISK REDUCTION; SINGLE DRUG DOSE; SLEEP DISORDER; XEROSTOMIA; ADOLESCENT; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; HIGH PERFORMANCE LIQUID CHROMATOGRAPHY; METABOLISM; ORAL DRUG ADMINISTRATION; TIME FACTOR; YOUNG ADULT;

ADMINISTRATION, ORAL; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; AREA UNDER CURVE; CHROMATOGRAPHY, HIGH PRESSURE LIQUID; FEMALE; HUMANS; LACTALBUMIN; MILK, HUMAN; TIME FACTORS; TRYPTOPHAN; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84930275528     PISSN: 0924977X     EISSN: 18737862     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.euroneuro.2015.03.005     Document Type: Article

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