Tryptophan nutrition and metabolism: an overview

Adv Exp Med Biol. 1991:294:345-58. doi: 10.1007/978-1-4684-5952-4_32.
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Publication types

  • Review

MeSH terms

  • Animals
  • Behavior / physiology
  • Behavior, Animal / drug effects
  • Behavior, Animal / physiology
  • Brain / metabolism
  • Dietary Proteins / metabolism
  • Humans
  • Kynurenine / biosynthesis
  • Niacin / biosynthesis
  • Nutritional Requirements
  • Oxidation-Reduction
  • Protein Biosynthesis
  • Rats
  • Serotonin / biosynthesis
  • Tryptophan / administration & dosage
  • Tryptophan / deficiency
  • Tryptophan / metabolism*
  • Tryptophan / physiology

Substances

  • Dietary Proteins
  • Niacin
  • Serotonin
  • Kynurenine
  • Tryptophan