TY - JOUR
T1 - The Absence of Tryptophan Hydroxylase Activity in Blood Platelets
AU - Morrissey, Jeremiah J.
AU - Walker, Margaret N.
AU - Lovenberg, Walter
PY - 1977/4
Y1 - 1977/4
N2 - Under conditions that support maximal tryptophan hydroxylating activity in extracts from pineal glands and brain no hydroxylase activity could be detected in platelets. Furthermore, with systems that are adequate to measure serotonin synthesis in cultured pineal glands or whole cells, no serotonin synthetic capacity could be detected in human or rat blood platelets.
AB - Under conditions that support maximal tryptophan hydroxylating activity in extracts from pineal glands and brain no hydroxylase activity could be detected in platelets. Furthermore, with systems that are adequate to measure serotonin synthesis in cultured pineal glands or whole cells, no serotonin synthetic capacity could be detected in human or rat blood platelets.
UR - http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?scp=0017684911&partnerID=8YFLogxK
U2 - 10.3181/00379727-154-39702
DO - 10.3181/00379727-154-39702
M3 - Article
C2 - 300878
AN - SCOPUS:0017684911
SN - 0037-9727
VL - 154
SP - 496
EP - 499
JO - Proceedings of the Society for Experimental Biology and Medicine
JF - Proceedings of the Society for Experimental Biology and Medicine
IS - 4
ER -