Urinary intermediates of tryptophan as indicators of the gut microbial metabolism

Analytica Chimica Acta

Volumn 987, Issue , 2017, Pages 72-80

  Pavlova, Tereza ^a   Vidova, Veronika ^a   Bienertova Vasku, Julie ^a   Janku, Petr ^b   Almasi, Martina ^b   Klanova, Jana ^a   Spacil, Zdenek ^a  

^a MASARYK UNIVERSITY   (Czech Republic)

^b UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL BRNO   (Czech Republic)

Author keywords

Gut microbiome; Methyl indol 3 propionate; Methyl indole 3 acetate; N acetyltryptophan; Tryptophan metabolism; Urinary metabolome

Indexed keywords

AMINO ACIDS; BIOMOLECULES; HIGH PERFORMANCE LIQUID CHROMATOGRAPHY; MASS SPECTROMETRY; METABOLITES; POLYCYCLIC AROMATIC HYDROCARBONS; SCREENING; VOLATILE FATTY ACIDS;

METHYL INDOL-3-PROPIONATE; METHYL INDOLE-3-ACETATE; MICROBIOME; SELECTED REACTION MONITORING; SIMULTANEOUS DETERMINATIONS; TANDEM MASS SPECTROMETRY; ULTRA HIGH PERFORMANCE LIQUID CHROMATOGRAPHY (UHPLC); URINARY METABOLOME;

METABOLISM;

5 HYDROXYINDOLEACETIC ACID; INDOLEACETIC ACID; INDOLEPROPIONIC ACID; MELATONIN; N ACETYLTRYPTOPHAN; TRYPTAMINE; TRYPTOPHAN; INDOLE DERIVATIVE; INDOLEACETIC ACID DERIVATIVE;

ADULT; AMINO ACID METABOLISM; ARTICLE; FEMALE; HUMAN; INTESTINE FLORA; LIMIT OF DETECTION; LIMIT OF QUANTITATION; MICROBIAL METABOLISM; NEWBORN; NORMAL HUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; SELECTED REACTION MONITORING; TANDEM MASS SPECTROMETRY; ULTRA PERFORMANCE LIQUID CHROMATOGRAPHY; URINALYSIS; HIGH PERFORMANCE LIQUID CHROMATOGRAPHY; METABOLISM; URINE;

CHROMATOGRAPHY, HIGH PRESSURE LIQUID; GASTROINTESTINAL MICROBIOME; HUMANS; INDOLEACETIC ACIDS; INDOLES; TANDEM MASS SPECTROMETRY; TRYPTOPHAN;

EID: 85028697529     PISSN: 00032670     EISSN: 18734324     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.aca.2017.08.022     Document Type: Article

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