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kynurenic acid
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kynurenic acid [¦kin·yə¦ren·ik ′as·əd]
(biochemistry)
C10H7O3N A product of tryptophan metabolism found in the urine of mammals.


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Byline: ANI Washington, November 19 (ANI): A research team in the United States says that the inability to solve problems among patients with schizophrenia may be due to elevated levels of a specific compound, called kynurenic acid, in their brains.
They have found out that asthmatic patients tend to have high kynurenic acid and xanthurenic acid content in their urines.
Age-related increase of kynurenic acid in human cerebrospinal fluid - IgG and beta2microglobulin changes.
 
 
 
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