Association between Smoking and Urine Indole Levels Measured by a Commercialized Test

Indoles are formed from dietary tryptophan by tryptophanase-positive bacterium. A few amounts of indole are excreted in the urine. On the other hand, cigarette smoke contains indoles, which could also change the urine indole levels. This study sought to elucidate the relationship between urine indol...

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Main Authors: Masataka Mine, Nobuyuki Masaki, Takumi Toya, Takayuki Namba, Yuji Nagatomo, Bonpei Takase, Takeshi Adachi
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: MDPI AG 2022-03-01
Series:Metabolites
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Online Access:https://www.mdpi.com/2218-1989/12/3/234