Tryptophan deficiency may underlie quinine side effects
Saturday, June 27, 2009 - 10:07
in Health & Medicine
Researchers have found that the anti-malarial drug quinine can block a cell's ability to take up the essential amino acid tryptophan, a discovery that may explain many of the adverse side-effects associated with quinine. Once confirmed, these findings would suggest that dietary tryptophan supplements could be a simple and inexpensive way to improve the performance of this important drug...
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