Tryptophan Metabolism: Implications for Biological Processes, Health and Disease

"This is a biochemical physiology textbook concerning the metabolic pathways of serotonin, kyneurenic, melatonin, and related chemicals in brain/mind disorders. ... I recommend this book to all students and practitioners in Neurology, Neurophysiology, and Psychiatry." (Joseph J. Grenier, Amazon.com, May, 2015)

• TRYPTOPHAN RELATED SIGNALING MOLECULES: TARGETS AND FUNCTIONS.- TRYPTOPHAN AND CELL DEATH.- TRYPTOPHAN AND NITRIC OXIDE IN ALLERGY.-Tryptophan metabolites: A microbial perspective.- THE ROLE OF L-TRYPTOPHAN KYNURENINE PATHWAY METABOLISM IN VARIOUS INFECTIOUS DISEASES: FOCUS ON INDOLEAMINE 2,3-DIOXYGENASE 1.- EVALUATION OF TRYPTOPHAN METABOLISM IN CHRONIC IMMUNE ACTIVATION .- DIABETES AND TRYPTOPHAN METABOLISM .- 3-HYDROXYKYNURENIC ACID AND TYPE 2 DIABETES: IMPLICATIONS FOR AGING, OBESITY, DEPRESSION, PARKINSON’S DISEASE AND SCHIZOPHRENIA.- THERAPEUTICAL IMPLICATIONS OF MELATONIN IN ALZHEIMER´S AND PARKINSON´S DISEASES.- TRYPTOPHAN METABOLISM AND SLEEP.- TRYPTOPHAN IN MOLECULAR HEMATOPOIESIS.- NIGHT-SHIFTS AND MELATONIN: RELEVANCE TO AGE AND BREAST CANCER.- CHEMOTHERAPEUTIC AGENTS IN CANCER TREATMENT AND TRYPTOPHAN METABOLISM.-INDOLEAMINE 2,3-DIOXYGENASE-COMPETENT REGULATORY DENDRITIC CELLS AND THEIR ROLE IN ALLOIMMUNE REGULATION AND TRANSPLANT IMMUNE TOLERANCE.- WINE FLAVOR AND TRYPTOPHAN