ArticleInternational journal of tryptophan research : IJTR2012
A Brief Historic Overview of Clinical Disorders Associated with Tryptophan: The Relevance to Chronic Fatigue Syndrome (CFS) and Fibromyalgia (FM).
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- Sex Differences in Tryptophan Metabolism: A Systematic Review Focused on Neuropsychiatric Disorders.International journal of molecular sciences · 2023Pooled it
- Psychological and Sleep Effects of Tryptophan and Magnesium-Enriched Mediterranean Diet in Women with Fibromyalgia.International journal of environmental research and public health · 2020Trial
- Deficiencies in methionine, tryptophan, and niacin remodels intestinal transcriptome and gut microbiota in female mice.Scientific reports · 2025Article
- The potential therapeutic approaches targeting gut health in myalgic encephalomyelitis/chronic fatigue syndrome (ME/CFS): a narrative review.Journal of translational medicine · 2025Review
- The microbiota-gut-brain axis in myalgic encephalomyelitis/chronic fatigue syndrome: a narrative review of an emerging field.European journal of translational myology · 2025Article
- Association of the Serotonin and Kynurenine Pathways as Possible Therapeutic Targets to Modulate Pain in Patients with Fibromyalgia.Pharmaceuticals (Basel, Switzerland) · 2024Review
- Utility of an Untargeted Metabolomics Approach Using a 2D GC-GC-MS Platform to Distinguish Relapsing and Progressive Multiple Sclerosis.Metabolites · 2024Article
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- The Gut Microbiome in Myalgic Encephalomyelitis (ME)/Chronic Fatigue Syndrome (CFS).Frontiers in immunology · 2021Review
- Aspects of Tryptophan and Nicotinamide Adenine Dinucleotide in Immunity: A New Twist in an Old Tale.International journal of tryptophan research : IJTR · 2017Review
- Tryptophan: 'essential' for the pathogenesis of irritable bowel syndrome?Scandinavian journal of gastroenterology · 2014Article
- Kynurenine Pathway Pathologies: do Nicotinamide and Other Pathway Co-Factors have a Therapeutic Role in Reduction of Symptom Severity, Including Chronic Fatigue Syndrome (CFS) and Fibromyalgia (FM).International journal of tryptophan research : IJTR · 2013Article
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Abstract
Last century there was a short burst of interest in the tryptophan related disorders of pellagra and related abnormalities that are usually presented in infancy.1,2 Nutritional physiologists recognized that a severe human dietary deficiency of either tryptophan or the B group vitamins could result in central nervous system (CNS) sequelae such as ataxia, cognitive dysfunction and dysphoria, accompanied by skin hyperpigmentation.3,4 The current paper will focus on the emerging role of tryptophan in chronic fatigue syndrome (CFS) and fibromyalgia (FM).
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