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Acai Berry (Euterpe sp.) Extracts Are Neuroprotective against L-Glutamate-Induced Toxicity by Limiting Mitochondrial Dysfunction and Cellular Redox Stress (2023)
Journal Article
ALNasser, M. N., AlSaadi, A. M., Whitby, A., Kim, D. H., Mellor, I. R., & Carter, W. G. (2023). Acai Berry (Euterpe sp.) Extracts Are Neuroprotective against L-Glutamate-Induced Toxicity by Limiting Mitochondrial Dysfunction and Cellular Redox Stress. Life, 13(4), Article 1019. https://doi.org/10.3390/life13041019

Aberrant accumulation of the neurotransmitter L-glutamate (L-Glu) has been implicated as a mechanism of neurodegeneration, and the release of L-Glu after stroke onset leads to a toxicity cascade that results in neuronal death. The acai berry (Euterpe... Read More about Acai Berry (Euterpe sp.) Extracts Are Neuroprotective against L-Glutamate-Induced Toxicity by Limiting Mitochondrial Dysfunction and Cellular Redox Stress.

The antimalarial drug quinine interferes with serotonin biosynthesis and action (2014)
Journal Article
Islahudin, F., Tindall, S. M., Mellor, I. R., Swift, K., Christensen, H. E., Fone, K. C., …Avery, S. V. (2014). The antimalarial drug quinine interferes with serotonin biosynthesis and action. Scientific Reports, 4(3618), https://doi.org/10.1038/srep03618

The major antimalarial drug quinine perturbs uptake of the essential amino acid tryptophan, and patients with low plasma tryptophan are predisposed to adverse quinine reactions; symptoms of which are similar to indications of tryptophan depletion. As... Read More about The antimalarial drug quinine interferes with serotonin biosynthesis and action.