Determinação simultânea de precursores de serotonina - triptofano e 5-hidroxitriptofano - em café Simultaneous determination of serotonin precursors - tryptophan and 5-hidroxytryptophan - in coffee
<abstract language="eng">Epidemiological studies attributed positive effects in the central nervous system (CNS) to coffee. Among possible active constituents, serotonin, a neurotransmitter in the CNS, is present; but dietary sources do not cross the blood-brain barrier. Tryptophan a...
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Sociedade Brasileira de Química
2010-01-01
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| Series: | Química Nova |
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| Online Access: | http://www.scielo.br/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S0100-40422010000200016 |