Biochemistry of tryptophan in health and disease

Mol Aspects Med. 1983;6(2):101-97. doi: 10.1016/0098-2997(83)90005-5.
No abstract available

Publication types

  • Review

MeSH terms

  • Animals
  • Appetite Regulation
  • Brain Chemistry
  • Depressive Disorder / metabolism
  • Female
  • Hartnup Disease / metabolism
  • Humans
  • Male
  • Malignant Carcinoid Syndrome / metabolism
  • Pellagra / metabolism
  • Pineal Gland / metabolism
  • Rats
  • Schizophrenia / metabolism
  • Serotonin / biosynthesis
  • Sleep / physiology
  • Tryptophan / metabolism*
  • Tryptophan Hydroxylase / metabolism
  • Tryptophan Oxygenase / metabolism
  • Urinary Bladder Neoplasms / metabolism

Substances

  • Serotonin
  • Tryptophan
  • Tryptophan Oxygenase
  • Tryptophan Hydroxylase