Accession Number:

AD0843482

Title:

Tryptophan-To-Nicotinic-Acid Metabolism in Children with Febrile Convulsions

Descriptive Note:

Corporate Author:

ARMY BIOLOGICAL LABS FREDERICK MD

Personal Author(s):

• Careddu, P.
• Mainardi, L.
• Tenconi, L. T.

Report Date:

1967-10-25

Pagination or Media Count:

11.0

Abstract:

In a group of 10 subjects with febrile convulsions, urinary elimination of kynurenines kynurenine, acetyl-kynurenine, and trioxykynurenine , both spontaneous and after ingestion of 1-tryptophan 5g per 1.73 sq, meters of body surface, was found to be greater than that measured in normal subjects, even allowing for pronounced behavioral variations among subjects.

Descriptors:

• *METABOLISM
• *AMINO ACIDS
• *CHILDREN
• *CONVULSIVE DISORDERS
• ITALY
• TRANSLATIONS
• URINE

Subject Categories:

• Medicine and Medical Research

Distribution Statement:

APPROVED FOR PUBLIC RELEASE