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Effects of pregnancy on tryptophan metabolism and disposition in the rat

A A Badawy1

  • 1South Glamorgan Health Authority, Biomedical Research Laboratory, Whitchurch Hospital, Cardiff, Wales, U.K.

The Biochemical Journal
|October 1, 1988
PubMed

Tryptophan availability in rat serum is increased throughout pregnancy, because of inhibition of liver tryptophan pyrrolase activity during the first 15 days and decreased protein binding thereafter.

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