著者

Hidehiko YOKOGOSHI Mikiko MOCHIZUKI Kotomi SAITOH

出版者

Japan Society for Bioscience, Biotechnology, and Agrochemistry

雑誌

Bioscience, Biotechnology, and Biochemistry (ISSN:09168451)

巻号頁・発行日

vol.62, no.4, pp.816-817, 1998 (Released:2005-03-30)

参考文献数

9

被引用文献数

55

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Following the administration of theanine, the brain tryptophan content significantly increased or tended to increase, but the contents of serotonin and 5-hydroxyindole acetic acid (5HIAA) decreased. The use of inhibitors of serotonin metabolism enable us to speculate that theanine reduced serotonin synthesis and also increased serotonin degradation in the brain.